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LOT 0501

Estimate
GBP (£) 400 - 600
EUR (€) 460 - 690
USD ($) 540 - 800

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE STRING WITH WEDJAT EYES
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
17 1/4 in. (14.1 grams, 44 cm).

Restrung on two parallel strands using mainly annular and tubular beads, enhanced with two pairs of small wedjat eye pendants, one pair with applied black detailing and the other pair with moulded low-relief detailing; with a central, large wedjat eye pendant with low-relief detailing.

PROVENANCE:
From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl.XXV, no.138ad, for a wedjat eye similar to the central amulet.

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