Antique 24 Karat Gold Egyptian Revival Scarab Pendant Brooch Cesare Tombini 1870 Mid-Century Modern The vessel having twin gilt

The vessel having twin gilt bronze handles cast as fruiting grape vines and the urn is raised on a turned pedestal foot with a variegated dark green marble base

as if seen through a telephoto lens

this is the largest of three such sculptures that the artist produced

by the Celebrated Chinese Artist Hu Shanyu (1909-1993)

the chairman or another type of dignitoary

Antique 24 Karat Gold Egyptian Revival Scarab Pendant Brooch Cesare Tombini 1870 Mid-Century Modern The vessel having twin giltA wonderful antique 24 karat gold Egyptian Revival brooch set with an ancient 1500 B. C. E Egyptian faience pottery scarab, by the famous 19th century Italian jeweler Cesare Tombini, circa 1870. A beautiful 24 Karat gold brooch decorated with twin ibis birds, to the center is an ancient faience scarab that swivels to reveal a hieroglyphic inscription for the 15th Century B. C. E 18th Dynasty king, Thutmose III. The brooch is accompanied with a letter