Bidspirit auction | Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String

Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String with Thoth Amulet - Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Restrung using mainly annular and tubular beads; the central feature a large amulet of Thoth in ibis-form wearing a short kilt and advancing on a rectangular plinth. Cf. similar amulet in the Louvre, inventory no.E 19009. 19 grams, 46 cm (18 1/8 in.). From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974.