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A pair of earrings
mounted with ancient glass beads. The earrings are made
from silver with a 24 carat gold plating and are fully wearable.
Beads: Roman,
1st to 4th Century AD
Size: 5 cms including hoop.
Beads:
Ex. collection: Henry Wallis RWS,
1830-1916.
Wallis is probably best known as an
artist of the Pre-Raphaelite movement who exhibited "The death of Chatterton" to
much acclaim at the Royal Academy in 1856. He worked with and enjoyed the
friendship of several of the great painters of the late 19th Century including
Rossetti, Alma-Tadema and Burne-Jones.
In later life Wallis became a noted
scholar and collector of antiquities. He published twenty works on Egyptian,
Classical, Medieval and Islamic art, including the book "Egyptian Ceramics" in
1900. His collection now forms part of the permanent displays of several
important museums including the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert
Museum.
Wallis travelled
widely in the Mediterranean, and visited Egypt on several trips where he met
with the legendary Flinders-Petrie at a fascinating point in the archaeological
history of the country. This allowed him to acquire antiquities from rarefied
and recently discovered sites such as Tell el-Amarna and Tuna el-Gebel.
"vessels
of all kinds, figures of the gods, elegant objects of personal adornment, and
all the trappings and paraphernalia of the mummy" Henry Wallis, commenting
on discoveries at Tuna el-Gebel in the 1890's.
This object forms
part of an extensive group of antiquities from this unique Victorian collection
which we are delighted to offer for sale for the first time in nearly 100 years.
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