EGYPTIAN FAIENCE NECKLACE WITH RARE AMETHYST BEADS

Ca. 1550 - 1070 BC An Egyptian necklace composed of hard stone and turquoise-green coloured faience beads and a central amethyst bead with gold fittings. The beads are shaped into tubes, spheres, and cones. Restrung. For similar see: Christie’s Ancient Jewellery (5 December 2012), Lot. 353.
Size: 275/550mm x 12mm; Weight: 35g
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.

Estimate: GBP 450 - 900