Four bright blue and turquoise glazed composition bead necklaces, two comprising mainly tubular and disc beads, one with attached winged scarab, the other with attached 'Egyptian blue' scarab -- 1¾in. (4.4cm.) long; a quantity of bright blue glazed composition beads, New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.); and a gesso-painted wooden fragment, depicting the owner holding flowers over a table of offerings, and his ba (soul) bird adoring a seated figure of a god holding crook and flail -- 7½ x 4¼in. (19 x 10.7cm.), Ramesside, circa 1290-1084 B.C.(a lot)
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Four bright blue and turquoise glazed composition bead necklaces, two comprising mainly tubular and disc beads, one with attached winged scarab, the other with attached 'Egyptian blue' scarab -- 1¾in. (4.4cm.) long; a quantity of bright blue glazed composition beads, New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.); and a gesso-painted wooden fragment, depicting the owner holding flowers over a table of offerings, and his ba (soul) bird adoring a seated figure of a god holding crook and flail -- 7½ x 4¼in. (19 x 10.7cm.), Ramesside, circa 1290-1084 B.C.(a lot)
Provenance
Pagnon collection, 1847-1909
Lot Essay
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