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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION, CORNELIAN AND AMULETIC SHELL BEAD NECKLACE
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION, CORNELIAN AND AMULETIC SHELL BEAD NECKLACE

MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 2046-1794 B.C.

Closed14 April 2011

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GBP 1,500

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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION, CORNELIAN AND AMULETIC SHELL BEAD NECKLACE
MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 2046-1794 B.C.
Comprising 26 turquoise glazed composition biconical beads, interspersed with 45 cornelian spherical beads, ten miniature shell recumbent lions, two clenched fists and six other shell amulets, restrung
28¼ in. (72 cm.) long

Baron Empain collection (1852-1929), France.