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NEW KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN STONE AND FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE
NEW KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C.
Centered by amulets, including a carnelian frog, a carnelian fly, an amethyst frog, a green stone triple element, an amethyst heart, a rock crystal turtle, a green stone frog, a carnelian fly, a green jasper heart, an amethyst turtle, a carnelian heart, a green stone triple element, a blue glass frog, a carnelian turtle, an amethyst amulet, an amethyst fly, and a carnelian frog, symmetrically arranged and framed by blue faience tubular beads and spacers, interspersed with modern faceted gold beads and red and blue disk beads, some ancient; with a modern ankh-form hook-and-loop closure
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) long
NEW KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C.
Centered by amulets, including a carnelian frog, a carnelian fly, an amethyst frog, a green stone triple element, an amethyst heart, a rock crystal turtle, a green stone frog, a carnelian fly, a green jasper heart, an amethyst turtle, a carnelian heart, a green stone triple element, a blue glass frog, a carnelian turtle, an amethyst amulet, an amethyst fly, and a carnelian frog, symmetrically arranged and framed by blue faience tubular beads and spacers, interspersed with modern faceted gold beads and red and blue disk beads, some ancient; with a modern ankh-form hook-and-loop closure
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) long
Provenance
with Jack Ogden, London, 1980.
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