An Egyptian Blue Composition Bead Necklace, Late Period, ca 664 - 332 BCE Amulets - GGSA 2 Schlögl and Brodbeck 1990

2 Schlögl and Brodbeck 1990

and large ears

acquired between 1960 - 1980 and then by descent

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An Egyptian Blue Composition Bead Necklace, Late Period, ca 664 - 332 BCE Amulets - GGSA 2 Schlögl and Brodbeck 1990This necklace is composed of graduated faience beads centered by a series of mould made ribbed pendants in the form of small amphorae. Suspended along the lower arc of the strand, the pendants display a range of glaze tones from pale turquoise and sky blue to deeper cobalt and greenish hues, reflecting the characteristic color variation produced during the firing of Egyptian faience. The ribbed pendants are interspersed with smaller disc and spherical