Late Period, c.664 – 30 BC. A necklace composed of multi-colored faience disc & tube beads, commonly called “mummy beads”. One necklace is plain, 22 nd Dynasty faience ushabti of Nesh-Tahi and the last is strung with a Late Period ushabti. Necklace length 18"
Late Period, c.664 – 30 BC. A necklace composed of multi-colored faience disc & tube beads, commonly called “mummy beads”. One necklace is plain, 22 nd Dynasty faience ushabti of Nesh-Tahi and the last is strung with a Late Period ushabti. Necklace length 18"
Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A lot of 2 necklaces composed of multi-colored faience disc beads, each strung with a faience amulet as a pendant. with a Bes amulet, both from the Ptolemaic period. Length of each necklace is 17”.
Here we have an ancient Egyptian mummy beads Necklace with Eight strands. During the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under pharaoh Narmer-Menes, the first ruler of Dynasty I about 3200 BC, the ancient Egyptian elite relied upon faience beads for the design of their jewelry. One can, therefore, state quite confidently that faience beads are the single most distinctive element incorporated into the design of every luxurious example of Egyptian jewelry from that moment on. Beads continue to ch ...click for details
Late Period, c.664 – 30 BC. A necklace composed of multi-colored faience disc & tube beads, commonly called “mummy beads”. One necklace is plain, 22 nd Dynasty faience ushabti of Nesh-Tahi and the last is strung with a Late Period ushabti. Necklace length 18"
Late Ptolemaic to Early Roman, c. 1st Century BC/AD. A crème buff "Bes Head" jar, with the stylized face of the god on one side. H: 5 ½". Intact and a good example of this type. The god Bes was popular in Late Dynastic to Roman times and was noted as an ancient god of children, games and laughter.
Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A molded stucco face of a Crocodil. rendered and served as a study pieces for a sculpture workshop like the previous lots. A most interesting and seldomly offered type of artifact. 3” x 2 1/8”.
