This is a scarab pendant. It is a contemporary faience piece, in my opinion, as it has a stylized bit of engraving on the bottom. There is a gold paint blush on the scarab and the wire is gold plate or low grade gold, it seems. The chain appears to be gold plate as there is some blue tarnish on a section of links. I found this pendant at a tag sale and it is a piece of handmade costume jewelry in my estimation. It is very pretty and stylish. The scarab is a bit more than 1 inch long.
I had hoped there would be some marks on this piece, either a signature or gold content, but I could find none.
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