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THE PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII-XIX, 1550-1196 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII-XIX, 1550-1196 B.C.
Composed of multi-colored opium poppy seed pods or pomegranates, graduated in size, interspersed with multicolored spacers
13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) long
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII-XIX, 1550-1196 B.C.
Composed of multi-colored opium poppy seed pods or pomegranates, graduated in size, interspersed with multicolored spacers
13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Possibly from the first find at Deir el-Bahri.
Bulaq Museum, Cairo, sold by Emile Brugsch, Museum Director, retired 1914.
Col. Anthony J. Drexel, acquired for the Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1916, purchased the collection for $5000 from Drexel; deaccessioned in 1958.
with Blumka Gallery, New York, 1958.
Acquired by the current owner prior to 1975.
Bulaq Museum, Cairo, sold by Emile Brugsch, Museum Director, retired 1914.
Col. Anthony J. Drexel, acquired for the Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1916, purchased the collection for $5000 from Drexel; deaccessioned in 1958.
with Blumka Gallery, New York, 1958.
Acquired by the current owner prior to 1975.
Literature
G.D. Scott III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 139c, p. 188-189.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985-1990.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January - 30 December 1992.
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum, California State University, 1994-2010.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January - 30 December 1992.
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum, California State University, 1994-2010.
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