Bidspirit auction | PAIR OF EGYPTIAN BEADED NECKLACES


PAIR OF EGYPTIAN BEADED NECKLACES - Ca. 1550 - 332 BC. A pair of restrung necklaces. The one on the outside is composed of small annular beads in red, white, black, and beige. The one inside is composed of blue faience cylindrical beads interspersed with red short tubes and enhanced with suspended amulets in the central section. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.Size: 3.6 - 34.7mm x 223 - 280mm; Weight: 20gProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.