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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.

CONDITION

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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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