This is the rating and price for Egyptian Polychrome Cartonnage Broad Collar, Ex Bonhams, 2013

Description : Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A beautiful gessoed cartonnage broad collar of a semicircular form with a small neck groove and a singular tab along the upper rim. Nine concentric semicircles hang between the slender rectangular top panels, each with an alternating base color of cobalt-blue and crimson, save for the lowest rung which bears a pale turquoise hue. Repeating motifs of spherical, droplet, and lotus blossom forms accentuate the interior of each curved band in ruby, cream, sapphire-blue, and citrine hues. Size: 12 W x 7.5 H (30.5 cm x 19 cm). Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA, ex-Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 290), ex-private United Kingdom collection. Formed by Sgt. William Ellott (d. 1915) of 1st Battalion Scots Guards, and J.G. Judd, (b. 1923), collecting in the 1940s. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #140372
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