A Rare Egyptian Core-Formed Glass Heart Bead
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Egypt; New Kingdom, ca. 1350- 1250 BC
Black with white and yellow marvered trails, applied yellow trail around rim. Lovely!
Dimensions
11/16" (1.7 cm)
Provenance:
Provenance: The John J. Slocum Collection
Mr. Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attache to Egypt in the 1960s. Later, he served as Assistant to the Director of The Smithsonian, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and was a Trustee Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a well-respected scholar/collector, whose medieval crusader coins were sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby's, London in 1997.
Black with white and yellow marvered trails, applied yellow trail around rim. Lovely!
Dimensions
11/16" (1.7 cm)
Provenance:
Provenance: The John J. Slocum Collection
Mr. Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attache to Egypt in the 1960s. Later, he served as Assistant to the Director of The Smithsonian, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and was a Trustee Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a well-respected scholar/collector, whose medieval crusader coins were sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby's, London in 1997.
Condition
Very good.
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A Rare Egyptian Core-Formed Glass Heart Bead
Estimate $350 - $1,000
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