EGYPTIAN NECKLACE WITH LAPIS LAZULI AND GOLD BEADS

Ca. 664 - 332 BC An beautiful Egyptian necklace with cylindrical lapis lazuli beads framed between green faience bead for each side and alternating to gold beads, embellished in the centre is a biconical Lapis Lazuli pendant. Restrung with a new thread.
Size: 250/500mm x 20mm; Weight: 6.8g
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.

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Estimate: GBP 300 - 600