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LOT 0014
Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String with Amulets
AMARNA PERIOD, 1353-1336 B.C.
15 3/4 in. (10.4 grams, 40 cm).
Restrung using mainly annular and tubular beads with a large central heart amulet, interspersed with various amulets including: poppy seed, rosette, lotus flower, two Thoth baboons, djed pillar, Bes, and others.
Provenance
From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974.
Literature
Cf. faience necklaces and pendants with 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, 1955, pp.336-371, figs.11.3-11.4.-11.5.
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LOT 0014
Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String with Amulets
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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