Lot Essay
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NEW KINGDOM TO ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1570 B.C./4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AND HARDSTONE BEAD NECKLACES AND AMULETS
NEW KINGDOM TO ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1570 B.C./4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
Including a group of glazed composition and stone amulets, New Kingdom, some Amarna period and later, circa 1350-1325 B.C.; five cornelian and hardstone bead necklaces, restrung, some beads New Kingdom, circa 1570-1070 B.C., 22 in. (55.8 cm.) long max.; an Egyptian blue glazed composition necklace, with cylindrical and disc beads, possibly Ramesside, circa 1279-1070 B.C., 20 in. (50.8 cm.) long; two necklaces with lentoid disc and blue-green glazed composition beads with a Ptaichos amulet, Roman Period, circa 1st Century B.C/A.D., 20 in. (50.8 cm.) long max., all restrung; a group of glazed composition amulets including djed-pillars, deities and wedjat-eye amulets, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high max.; a pair of glazed composition scarab wings, pierced, 2¼ in. (5.5 cm.) long, all Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; an Egyptian alabaster kohl jar with four small legs, New Kingdom, circa 1570-1070 B.C., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high; an Egyptian bronze figure of Isis with Horus; a bronze pair of Osirid figures; and a bronze Osiris, 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) high max., all Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.(a lot)
NEW KINGDOM TO ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1570 B.C./4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
Including a group of glazed composition and stone amulets, New Kingdom, some Amarna period and later, circa 1350-1325 B.C.; five cornelian and hardstone bead necklaces, restrung, some beads New Kingdom, circa 1570-1070 B.C., 22 in. (55.8 cm.) long max.; an Egyptian blue glazed composition necklace, with cylindrical and disc beads, possibly Ramesside, circa 1279-1070 B.C., 20 in. (50.8 cm.) long; two necklaces with lentoid disc and blue-green glazed composition beads with a Ptaichos amulet, Roman Period, circa 1st Century B.C/A.D., 20 in. (50.8 cm.) long max., all restrung; a group of glazed composition amulets including djed-pillars, deities and wedjat-eye amulets, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high max.; a pair of glazed composition scarab wings, pierced, 2¼ in. (5.5 cm.) long, all Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; an Egyptian alabaster kohl jar with four small legs, New Kingdom, circa 1570-1070 B.C., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high; an Egyptian bronze figure of Isis with Horus; a bronze pair of Osirid figures; and a bronze Osiris, 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) high max., all Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.(a lot)
Provenance
English private collection, and thence by descent to the present owner; acquired on the London art market in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
Ink inscribed labels on a bronze needle read "Medinet Haboo Thebes", on a bronze cross "Coptic Cross Luxor" and on a glazed composition Red Crown amulet "... from Egyptian Museum Cairo".
Ink inscribed labels on a bronze needle read "Medinet Haboo Thebes", on a bronze cross "Coptic Cross Luxor" and on a glazed composition Red Crown amulet "... from Egyptian Museum Cairo".
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