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PROPERTY FROM THE CATTAUI FAMILY COLLECTION

AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Bright blue in color, composed of tubular beads, interspersed with bronze and faience spacer beads, centered by a green wadjet-eye amulet; now arranged with a modern spring-ring closure
23 in. (58.4 cm.) long

PROVENANCE
Acquired by the family of the current owner, Geneva, prior to 1977; thence by descent.
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