AN EGYPTIAN BLUE AND TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION LARGE BEADED NET
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AN EGYPTIAN BLUE AND TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION LARGE BEADED NET

NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1500-1200 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BLUE AND TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION LARGE BEADED NET
NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1500-1200 B.C.
With four blue glazed composition figures of Sons of Horus and a winged scarab, 25½ in. (65 cm.) long; two blue glazed composition shabtis, XXI Dynasty, circa 1070-945 B.C., 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high max.; a blue, green and yellow glazed composition bead necklace with lotus buds pendants, 20 in. (51 cm.) long; five glazed composition, cornelian and glass bead necklace, 13 in. (33 cm.) long max.; thirteen glazed composition amulets, some fragmentary, and a scarab, 2 in. (6.4 cm.) long max., all New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1500-332 B.C.; and another glazed composition shabti, 4¼ in. (10.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Believed to be acquired by John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) in the second half of the 19th century.
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