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LOT 0449
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
37 in. (11.9 grams, 94 cm long).
Restrung group of mainly tubular beads with centrepiece a fragment of the extended wing from a pectoral. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old English deceased estate.
Acquired on the London art market in the early 1990s.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
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