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LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION WINGED SCARAB
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Attached with glazed composition tubular beads to form a necklace, 12 cm. long; an Egyptian blue glazed composition mummy bead net strung in lattice pattern, New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, circa 1550-664 B.C., 40 cm. long; a group of six Egyptian glazed composition bead necklaces, including one with bead fringes, 30.5 cm long max., Ptolemaic Period, 4th-1st Century B.C.; an Egyptian multiple eye amulet, pierced, 4 cm. long; and a group of amulets, 4 cm. high max. (25)
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Attached with glazed composition tubular beads to form a necklace, 12 cm. long; an Egyptian blue glazed composition mummy bead net strung in lattice pattern, New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, circa 1550-664 B.C., 40 cm. long; a group of six Egyptian glazed composition bead necklaces, including one with bead fringes, 30.5 cm long max., Ptolemaic Period, 4th-1st Century B.C.; an Egyptian multiple eye amulet, pierced, 4 cm. long; and a group of amulets, 4 cm. high max. (25)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s. (1): formerly in the collection of Baron H. W. Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1871-1942).
Exhibited
(1): Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Bezeten Bezit, Keuzetentoonstelling uit de verzameling van Mevrouw W.G. Elias-Vaes te Rotterdam, exhibition catalogue, 18 April - 1 August 1970, no. 672
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