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Description : **First Time At Auction** Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1292 BCE. A necklace of delicate form and fabulous colors that is strung with dozens of petite stone and faience beads. Dyed in polychrome hues, the faience pendants take on a variety of forms including several scarabs, tubes, geometric forms, and abstract shapes while 5 modern gold-filled spherical spacer beads are interspersed throughout the composition. The largest amulets are carved from stone and depict a djed pillar - symbolic of the spine, stability, endurance, regenerative power, and eternal strength - and a glazed steatite slab plaque with a uraeus cobra, a wadjet eye, and a cartouche of Pharaoh Thutmose III. Another plaque bead features another Thutmose III cartouche while the verso depicts the Pharaoh standing before Osiris. Size(necklace): 18 L (45.7 cm), (central djed pendant): 0.49 W x 1.43 H (1.2 cm x 3.6 cm) PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, ex-Walter Crawford collection, Arizona, USA, 1960 - 1970 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #177280
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