Bidspirit auction | Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String

Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String with Wedjat Eyes - Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Restrung on two parallel strands using mainly annular and tubular beads, enhanced with two pairs of small wedjat eye pendants, one pair with applied black detailing and the other pair with moulded low-relief detailing; with a central, large wedjat eye pendant with low-relief detailing. Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl.XXV, no.138ad, for a wedjat eye similar to the central amulet. 14.1 grams, 44 cm (17 1/4 in.). From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974.