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LOT 0006
Egyptian Faience Broad Collar Amulet Necklace
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
12 3/4 in. (53 grams total, 32.5 cm wide).
A restrung group of annular and figural beads forming a collar of five descending tiers including djed pillar, atef crown, cartouche and other types.
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gallery.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12935-246384.
Literature
Cf. faience necklaces and pendants of 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, pp.336-371, figs.11, for similar pendants.
Footnotes
Several faience collars found in the tomb of Tutankhamun use amuletic forms, the hes-vase, nefer-sign, and cartouche pendants as part of primarily plant-form collars. Depictions of collars on the sarcophagi and gold mask from the tomb of Tuiya and Yuia also show nefer-signs and palmettes used alongside the more common plant designs.
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LOT 0006
Egyptian Faience Broad Collar Amulet Necklace
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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