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Formed of four hollow penannular tubes soldered together with the two central ribs extended to be threaded through the pierced ear.
New Kingdom. 18th-19th Dynasty, 1540-1186 BC
Diameter: 2.7 cm
Cf. A similar pair can be seen in Carol Andrews, 'Ancient Egyptian Jewellery', London 1990, p. 23, fig. 14, dated to the seventeenth Dynasty, and p. 112, fig. 91e and f.
Also Cyril Aldred, 'Jewels of the Pharaohs. Egyptian Jewelry of the Dynastic Period', Abridged. Ballantine Books, New York, 1978, p. 142 and plate 48
Provenance: Marc Rosenberg, Berlin
G. F. Reber, Lausanne, Switzerland, acquired Herman Ball-Paul Graupe auction, 4 November 1929, lot 36 a (part)
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