Lot 51
51
AN EGYPTIAN GLASS BEAD NECKLACE AND EIGHT GLASS DROP BEADS
AN EGYPTIAN GLASS BEAD NECKLACE AND EIGHT GLASS DROP BEADS

NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, AMARNA PERIOD, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.

Details
AN EGYPTIAN GLASS BEAD NECKLACE AND EIGHT GLASS DROP BEADS
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, AMARNA PERIOD, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
A necklace, comprising sixteen oxidised red and blue glass beads interspersed with blue and white glazed composition disk beads, and seven turquoise glass elongated drop beads, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long max.; another similar in blue glass, 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm.)
40 in. (71 cm.) long (9)
Provenance
Baron Empain collection (1852-1929), France.
Accompanied by a French passport.

Lot Essay

These are among the earliest examples of glass imitating the turquoise, lapis and cornelian beads of earlier periods, especially the Middle Kingdom, cf. C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, British Museum Press, London, 1990, p. 24, pl. 15 for the necklace and gold pectoral of Sithathoriunet from Lahun in the Fayum.

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