Lot Essay
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2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
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A GROUP OF MAINLY GLASS, STONE AND FAIENCE BEADS AND NECKLACES
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
Including an Egyptian lapis lazuli spherical bead necklace, restrung, Third Intermediate Period or earlier; three cornelian bead necklaces; four turquoise 'mummy bead' necklaces; a mummy bead 'Ba-bird'; a quantity of polychrome 'faience' loose mummy beads, New Kingdom and later; a group of mosaic glass 'eye', 'splash' and millefiori cylindrical beads, mainly Graeco-Roman, circa 4th Century B.C.-3rd Century A.D.; a turquoise glass crouching Harpocrates with hands on knees (attached side-lock missing), 6th-1st Century B.C., 2 1/8 in. (5.2 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition 'Four Sons of Horus' amuletic pendant, 4th-1st Century B.C.; a black steatite figure of a crouching deity, wearing a 'Mithraic cap' and vestigial wings, body and cap drilled, Graeco-Roman period; a frit crouching goddess with crocodile(?) over her head, 6th-1st Century B.C.; a Ptaichos amulet, 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) high max.; and a group of varia of later date(a lot)
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
Including an Egyptian lapis lazuli spherical bead necklace, restrung, Third Intermediate Period or earlier; three cornelian bead necklaces; four turquoise 'mummy bead' necklaces; a mummy bead 'Ba-bird'; a quantity of polychrome 'faience' loose mummy beads, New Kingdom and later; a group of mosaic glass 'eye', 'splash' and millefiori cylindrical beads, mainly Graeco-Roman, circa 4th Century B.C.-3rd Century A.D.; a turquoise glass crouching Harpocrates with hands on knees (attached side-lock missing), 6th-1st Century B.C., 2 1/8 in. (5.2 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition 'Four Sons of Horus' amuletic pendant, 4th-1st Century B.C.; a black steatite figure of a crouching deity, wearing a 'Mithraic cap' and vestigial wings, body and cap drilled, Graeco-Roman period; a frit crouching goddess with crocodile(?) over her head, 6th-1st Century B.C.; a Ptaichos amulet, 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) high max.; and a group of varia of later date(a lot)
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