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LOT 0501
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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LOT 0501
Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String with Wedjat Eyes
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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