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LOT 0502
Egyptian Multi-Stranded Mummy Bead Necklace Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-525 B.C.
29 1/8 in. (26.7 grams, 74 cm long).
Restrung using polychrome mummy beads of annular and tubular types. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired before 1979.
From the private collection of Mr F. A., South Kensington, London, UK; thence by descent 2014.
Literature
Cf. similar specimens in faience at the Worchester Art Museum, inventory no.1925.539.
Footnotes
For thousands of years, artisans in Egypt created vibrant ceramics to echo the beauty of rare jewels. These ornaments were created with almost every material, colour and texture imaginable and they come from across Egypt and beyond: vibrant blue lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, glossy black obsidian from the territory in modern Turkey, and aqua-green turquoise from the Sinai. They were worn in life and, after death, they served as precious ornamentation for mummies.
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