AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE DISK-BEAD NECKLACE.
New-Kingdom, ca. Dynasty 18, Tuthmosis III reign, ca.1479-1425 BCE.
Total L. 25,5 cm

Provenance
Formerly with Merton Simpson New York, 20.7.1979

Publications - Jewellery of the Pharaohs, Treasures of Magic, Power and Beauty, 2005, p.102 - PharaonenGold, 3000 Jahre altägyptische Hochkuktur, 2019, p.128

The necklace features narrow, disc-like beads at both ends, gradually transitioning towards the center into wider, lens-shaped beads of larger diameter.
A comparable necklace was discovered during the Metropolitan Museum excavation in the tomb of the three Syrian princesses. This particular style of necklace, along with the fact that it was found within the same excavation as the hair rosettes, supports the assumption that it also belonged to one of the three Syrian princesses. The princesses' tomb, located in the Wadi Gabbana el-Qurud, was discovered in 1916.

Estimate: 1500 - 1800 CHF