An Egyptian Turquoise Bead Net
2B060852
Of rectangular form, composed of turquoise glazed composition cylindrical beads in a lattice pattern, within a banded border of cream, red, green, and blue disc-shaped beads.
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Provenance:Formerly in the collection of the French Director-General of excavations and antiquities in Egypt, Gaston Maspero (1846-1916).
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Condition:Custom
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Published:Christie's South Kensington, April 30 2008, lot. 234, illus.
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Category:Egyptian
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Period:New Kingdom-Late Period
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Date:c. 1554-600 B.C.
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Material:Faience
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Height:9" (23cm)
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Display Stand:Yes
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