id:			94392
accession number:	1914.766
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.766
updated:		2025-04-16 18:09:01.930000

Winged Pectoral Scarab, 664–525 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26. Deep turquoise faience; overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.766

title:				Winged Pectoral Scarab
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creation date:			664–525 BCE
creation date earliest:		-664
creation date latest:		-525
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26
technique:	deep turquoise faience
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Late Period
type:		Scarabs
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measurements: Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience
	opening date:   1998-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999).

	title:		Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession
	opening date:   2023-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (5/10/98 - 7/5/98); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (8/25/98 - 1/3/99).  "Gifts of the Nile:  Ancient Egyptian Faience," not in exh. cat.', 'opening_date': '1998-05-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 526
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IMAGES

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