two neckñaces plaquettes

The two necklace plaquettes, of which the provenance is not known, show an openwork decoration figuring spirals. The motif is originally from the island of Crete, but the production is surely egyptian. The pieces, which are provided with a suspension ring, date from the New Kingdom.

POTTERY

FAYENCE

http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=1242

F. Lefebvre et B. Van Rinsveld, L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux Coptes, Bruxelles 1990, 108

KMKG - MRAH [07/003]

Inventory number E.7268/09