Egyptian Glazed Faience Bead Necklace w/ Lapis Pendant
**Originally Listed At $500**
Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A beautiful necklace of a wearable form strung with dozens of tubular, barrel, and seed-form faience beads covered in layers of polychrome glaze. Slender tubular beads are interspersed throughout groups of petite beads with two white-hued, barrel-shaped beads near the center, one with incised latticework motifs and the other with several protruding nodules. Draped in the center is a hand-carved lapis lazuli grape pendant of a teardrop form with a tapered top and a bulbous body that is bifurcated with a vertical striation. Strung in modern times and capped with a silver-plated loop and lobster clasp combo, this is a decadent example of ancient art meets modern fashion! Size (necklace): 21.5" L (54.6 cm); largest bead (lapis): 0.4" W x 0.75" H (1 cm x 1.9 cm)
For some stylistically similar examples of Egyptian votive grape pendants from the New Kingdom period, please see: Florence Dunn Friedman, ed. "Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience." Thames and Hudson in association with The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1998, p. 151, fig. 149.
Provenance: ex-private Shenas collection, New York, USA; ex-Nomis Antiques, Switzerland, acquired around 1970
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
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#151580
Condition Report: Strung in modern times and wearable as shown. Faience beads and lapis lazuli pendant are ancient, and stringing and silver-plated components are modern. Minor nicks and abrasions to some beads, with light fading to original glaze color, and light encrustations on some larger beads, otherwise intact and very good. Smooth patina throughout.
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**Originally Listed At $500**
Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A beautiful necklace of a wearable form strung with dozens of tubular, barrel, and seed-form faience beads covered in layers of polychrome glaze. Slender tubular beads are interspersed throughout groups of petite beads with two white-hued, barrel-shaped beads near the center, one with incised latticework motifs and the other with several protruding nodules. Draped in the center is a hand-carved lapis lazuli grape pendant of a teardrop form with a tapered top and a bulbous body that is bifurcated with a vertical striation. Strung in modern times and capped with a silver-plated loop and lobster clasp combo, this is a decadent example of ancient art meets modern fashion! Size (necklace): 21.5" L (54.6 cm); largest bead (lapis): 0.4" W x 0.75" H (1 cm x 1.9 cm)
For some stylistically similar examples of Egyptian votive grape pendants from the New Kingdom period, please see: Florence Dunn Friedman, ed. "Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience." Thames and Hudson in association with The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1998, p. 151, fig. 149.
Provenance: ex-private Shenas collection, New York, USA; ex-Nomis Antiques, Switzerland, acquired around 1970
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#151580
Condition Report: Strung in modern times and wearable as shown. Faience beads and lapis lazuli pendant are ancient, and stringing and silver-plated components are modern. Minor nicks and abrasions to some beads, with light fading to original glaze color, and light encrustations on some larger beads, otherwise intact and very good. Smooth patina throughout.
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