Necklace
664 BC - 30 BC (made)
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Glazed composition necklace comprising 115 cylinder and disk beads of varying sizes, and a small pendant depicting a Horus falcon. The colour of the glaze has degraded closer to dark blue in many cases.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed composition |
| Brief description | Necklace, blue and green glazed composition, Egypt, Late or Ptolemaic Period |
| Physical description | Glazed composition necklace comprising 115 cylinder and disk beads of varying sizes, and a small pendant depicting a Horus falcon. The colour of the glaze has degraded closer to dark blue in many cases. |
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| Credit line | Given by University College London |
| Object history | CIRC.26-1935 to CIRC.30-1935 were a collection of five groups of items, mounted on boards, given to the V&A by University College London in 1935. Each was intended to demonstrate the tradition of a type of Egyptian manufacture - slate palettes, amulets, necklaces and bracelets etc, typically from grave contexts. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.27D-1935 |
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| Record created | August 8, 2017 |
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