An Egyptian Blue Composition Bead Necklace, Late Period, ca 664 - 332 BCE Amulets - GGSA acquired between 1960 - 1980

acquired between 1960 - 1980 and then by descent

Costa Rican bird pendants fall into given groups based on style and imagery

depicting a seated blind man leaning against a large rolled blanket

thereafter private Ohio collection

An Egyptian Blue Composition Bead Necklace, Late Period, ca 664 - 332 BCE Amulets - GGSA acquired between 1960 - 1980This necklace is composed of graduated faience beads centered by a series of mould made ribbed pendants in the form of small amphorae. Suspended along the lower arc of the strand, the pendants display a range of glaze tones from pale turquoise and sky blue to deeper cobalt and greenish hues, reflecting the characteristic color variation produced during the firing of Egyptian faience. The ribbed pendants are interspersed with smaller disc and spherical