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LOT 0408

Egyptian Faience Bead Collection

NEW KINGDOM-LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1550-332 B.C.

2 1/2 in. (61 grams total, 64 mm).

Mainly tubular, annular and oblate types in various colours. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from Ancient & Oriental, circa 1987.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

Literature

Cf. Riccardelli, C., Mass, J.L., Thornton, ‘Egyptian Faience Inlay Techniques: a process for obtaining detail and clarity by refiring’ in Material Issues in Art and Archaeology VI, Boston, vol.712, 2002, pp.II10.7.2II.10.25, for discussion of the Egyptian faience of the New Kingdom.

Footnotes

The faience of the New Kingdom period is frequently decorated with an expanded palette of red, black, and yellow. This polychrome decoration was often accomplished by inlaying one colour of paste onto another.

CONDITION

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LOT 0408

Egyptian Faience Bead Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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