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NEW KINGDOM/THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD OR EARLIER, LATE 2ND/EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI BEAD NECKLACE
NEW KINGDOM/THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD OR EARLIER, LATE 2ND/EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Comprising a double strand of lapis lazuli cylindrical beads, restrung with later clasp attachment
18 in. (45.7 cm.) long
NEW KINGDOM/THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD OR EARLIER, LATE 2ND/EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Comprising a double strand of lapis lazuli cylindrical beads, restrung with later clasp attachment
18 in. (45.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Henry Wallis (1830-1916).
In later life the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Wallis, became a noted scholar and collector of antiquities; his publications included works on Egyptian, Classical, Medieval and Islamic art. Wallis travelled widely in the Mediterranean and Egypt, where he met the archaeologist Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie.
In later life the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Wallis, became a noted scholar and collector of antiquities; his publications included works on Egyptian, Classical, Medieval and Islamic art. Wallis travelled widely in the Mediterranean and Egypt, where he met the archaeologist Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie.
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