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Egyptian Beaded Necklaces : Necklace Of Egyptian Faience Beads And Gold Eye
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Necklace Of Egyptian Faience Beads And Gold Eye - FJ.1377
Origin: Egypt (Sinai)
Circa: 1600
BC
to 1100
BC
Collection: Egyptian
Medium: Faience-Gold
$2,400.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Most ancient Egyptian beads were made of faience,
a glass-composite glaze which was introduced as
early as the Pre-Dynastic period. According to
Egyptologists, most beads were made on an axis,
probably of thread, which would burn up during
firing, leaving a hole. Disc, ring and tubular beads
were made by coating the axis with the unfired body-
paste, rolling the cylinder to an even diameter on a
flat surface, and then scoring it with a knife into
sections of the desired length. Other shapes, such as
ball beads, were rolled between the hands and
perforated while still wet with a stiff point such as a
wire needle. The beads were then dried, coating with
glaze (if the glaze had not already been mixed with
the paste), and fired. The firing process often gave
the beads a beautiful translucent quality. The
majority of faience beads are blue or green in color,
but black, red yellow and white ones were also
produced, especially in the New Egyptian Kingdom.
- (FJ.1377)
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