COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE NECKLACES Middle Kingdom to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 2055 - 30 BC. A collection of six restrung faience necklaces. The one on the left is composed of vibrant blue faience disc and globular beads, interspersed with red carnelian spheres; the second consists of annular ribbed beads in the upper section and green and blue in the bottom; the third comprises four loosely bundled strands of yellow-green tubular faience beads interspersed with small discs; the fourth is formed of brownish-black biconical faience beads, spaced with small discs; the fifth is composed of dark spherical beads interspersed with contrasting tubular and rectangular faience beads; the sixth is a single-stranded necklace with alternating sections of green, turquoise, and cobalt beads in globular, disc, and tubular shapes. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 05.4.21a, 11.215.656. Size: 317mm x 6.6 - 61.3mm; Weight: 121g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.