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AN EGYPTIAN GLASS BEAD NECKLACE AND EIGHT GLASS DROP BEADS
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AN EGYPTIAN GLASS BEAD NECKLACE AND EIGHT GLASS DROP BEADS

NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, AMARNA PERIOD, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.

Closed14 April 2011

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AN EGYPTIAN GLASS BEAD NECKLACE AND EIGHT GLASS DROP BEADS
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, AMARNA PERIOD, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
A necklace, comprising sixteen oxidised red and blue glass beads interspersed with blue and white glazed composition disk beads, and seven turquoise glass elongated drop beads, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long max.; another similar in blue glass, 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm.)
40 in. (71 cm.) long (9)

Baron Empain collection (1852-1929), France.
Accompanied by a French passport.

Specialist note

These are among the earliest examples of glass imitating the turquoise, lapis and cornelian beads of earlier periods, especially the Middle Kingdom, cf. C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, British Museum Press, London, 1990, p. 24, pl. 15 for the necklace and gold pectoral of Sithathoriunet from Lahun in the Fayum.