Large hollow ball bead of bichrome faience piereced with only one hole.  Alternate sectors of blue and black glaze.


Compare with Florence Friedman, 'Gifts of the Nile. Ancient Egyptian Faience' (Providence, 1998), pp. 115, 212 and 259 (cat. nos. 181 and 190).


CONDITION NOTE 1998: Some surface pitting, concretions, surface dirt.

Striped Ball Bead | National Museums Liverpool

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Large hollow ball bead of bichrome faience piereced with only one hole. Alternate sectors of blue and black glaze. Compare with Florence Friedman, 'Gifts of the Nile. Ancient Egyptian Faience' (Providence, 1998), pp. 115, 212 and 259 (cat. nos. 181 and 190). CONDITION NOTE 1998: Some surface pitting, concretions, surface dirt.

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Striped Ball Bead

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