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LOT 0467
Egyptian Faience Necklace with Pendant
NEW KINGDOM, 1400-1100 B.C.
30 in. (41 grams, 76 cm long).
Designer necklace composed of alternating white and turquoise tubular beads with oval spacer bead; a collar terminal as a central pendant with two rows of petal-shaped beads incorporating tubular and ring spacers suspended below.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Andrews, C., Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, London, 1990, p.58, fig. 41, for examples of similarly shaped collar terminals.
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LOT 0467
Egyptian Faience Necklace with Pendant
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Carved in the round with ribbed loop to the underside, carapace and leg detailing. 8.72 grams, 25 mm
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