Anepigraphic heart beetle Serpentine. Egypt, Saite period (656-526 B.C.) Length: 4.2 cm Provenance : - Former collection of M. Gaston Forgues (the owners' grandfather). Acquired from auction houses and Vinchon between 1960 and 1980. By inheritance. - Label "don par Clot Bey" (1793-1868, physician stationed in Egypt, part of whose collection is in the Musée de Marseille).