Nine Egyptian necklaces of glazed composition spherical and cylindrical beads and discs, one with two pendant wedjat-eye amulets; and a group of glazed composition amulets including two fragmentary blue glazed composition Royal rings for Akhenaten, both late Dynasty XVIII, circa 1340 B.C.; and nine wedjat-eye amulets, one set in a rectangular openwork plaque, with details in darker glaze -- 1½ x 1¼in. (3.7 x 3.1cm.), mainly Late Period-Ptolemaic, 7th-1st Century B.C.(a lot)

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Nine Egyptian necklaces of glazed composition spherical and cylindrical beads and discs, one with two pendant wedjat-eye amulets; and a group of glazed composition amulets including two fragmentary blue glazed composition Royal rings for Akhenaten, both late Dynasty XVIII, circa 1340 B.C.; and nine wedjat-eye amulets, one set in a rectangular openwork plaque, with details in darker glaze -- 1½ x 1¼in. (3.7 x 3.1cm.), mainly Late Period-Ptolemaic, 7th-1st Century B.C.(a lot)
Provenance
Handwritten ink label reads: "From Lord Amhersts' collection. To Fir Tree Hotel Museum. Woburn Sands, Beds. Then collection of D. J. Elliott."

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