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Description : Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A beautiful gessoed cartonnage broad collar of a semicircular form with a small neck groove and a singular tab along the upper rim. Nine concentric semicircles hang between the slender rectangular top panels, each with an alternating base color of cobalt-blue and crimson, save for the lowest rung which bears a pale turquoise hue. Repeating motifs of spherical, droplet, and lotus blossom forms accentuate the interior of each curved band in ruby, cream, sapphire-blue, and citrine hues. Size: 12 W x 7.5 H (30.5 cm x 19 cm). Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA, ex-Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 290), ex-private United Kingdom collection. Formed by Sgt. William Ellott (d. 1915) of 1st Battalion Scots Guards, and J.G. Judd, (b. 1923), collecting in the 1940s. 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. 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. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #140372
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