Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE NECKLACE WITH GOLD
EGYPTIAN FAIENCE NECKLACE WITH GOLD FINIALS AND DJED PENDANT - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A restrung necklace of small turquoise faience disc beads centred with a turquoise faience djed-pillar pendant, flanked by two small gold beads, and terminating in gold ram's head finials.Size: 225mm x 25mm; Weight: 10gProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.