Late New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC. A gold ring with facetted and notched D-section hoop; rectangular bezel with a rock crystal plaque representing a scarab beetle, pierced longitudinally for suspension on the hoop and flanked by twisted gold wire coils. See Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, for comparable items and discussion. 4.68 grams, 27.68mm overall, 24.24mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20) (1"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 2000s.