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Electronic Auction 393 15 March 2017
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Gold necklace beads in the shape of cowrie shells. Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, circa 220-100 BC. Ten beads, all hollow-formed with central opening. Each approx. 7x10mm; total weight: 3.82g. A dusting of earthen deposits. One damaged, otherwise good condition.
Ex Petite Museum of Hadji Baba, Old City, Jerusalem.
A necklace of similar cowrie shells strung together with gold wire is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum (M. Pfrommer, "Hellenistisches Gold und ptolemaeische Herrscher," Studia Varia from the J. Paul Getty Museum 2. Occassional Papers of Antiquities 10 [2001], p. 101, fig. 13 = M. Pfrommer, Greek Gold from Hellenistic Egypt. Getty Museum Studies of Art, Los Angeles [2001], p. 61, fig. 36).
Ex Petite Museum of Hadji Baba, Old City, Jerusalem.
A necklace of similar cowrie shells strung together with gold wire is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum (M. Pfrommer, "Hellenistisches Gold und ptolemaeische Herrscher," Studia Varia from the J. Paul Getty Museum 2. Occassional Papers of Antiquities 10 [2001], p. 101, fig. 13 = M. Pfrommer, Greek Gold from Hellenistic Egypt. Getty Museum Studies of Art, Los Angeles [2001], p. 61, fig. 36).