**Originally Listed At $250**

Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A wearable necklace composed with 2 conjoined strands of glazed faience beads in hues of blue, red, cream, turquoise, sage, brown, citrine, and gray. Each necklace strand bears dozens of petite beads in tubular and seed forms. Suspended below the strands is a turquoise-glazed faience ushabti standing inverted while mummiform. Size (necklace strands): 28" L (71.1 cm); (ushabti pendant): 0.55" W x 2.1" H (1.4 cm x 5.3 cm)

Provenance: ex-Natalie Capron, Vermont, USA, 1972 to 2008, now by her heirs; ex-Maurice Crandall, Vermont, 1941 to 1972; ex-Clyde du Vernet Hunt, Vermont, 1916 to 1941; ex-Katherine Jarvis Hunt, Vermont, 1907 to 1916; ex-Leavitt Hunt, Vermont, collected 1851 to 1852

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#184152

Wearable as shown and strung in modern times. Faience beads and pendant are ancient; stringing is modern. Nicks, chips, and abrasions to pendant and some beads, otherwise great preservation to glaze coloration.