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LOT 0460
Egyptian Bead Necklace with Lotus Flowers
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C. OR LATER
41 cm (24.2 grams, 104 cm).
Comprising annular and cylindrical beads in various colours, interspersed with four lotus-flower pendants.
Provenance
P.S., Netherlands, 1985.
Ex Sands of Time U.S.A.
with Treasuregate Gallery, 11 June 2015, Netherlands.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00105718.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. faience necklaces and pendants of similar typology in Boyce, A., ‘Chapter II, Collar and necklace designs at Amarna: a preliminary study of fayence pendants’ in Kemp, B.J. (ed), Amarna Reports 6, pp.336-371, figs.11, lett.C22, for lotus pendant related to collars.
Footnotes
The most common type of collars based on pendants found at various localities, was mainly composed of pendants imitating plant forms. The terminals of surviving collars of this design are usually triangular, representing lotus flowers, or rectangular, decorated with plant designs or spirals.
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