Collection Online

Browse by artist name

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
String of beads

String of beads
 New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX 1295 BCE-1186 BCE

Medium
faience
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
faience
Measurements
48.5 cm (length)
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Inscription
none
Accession Number
3411A-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Discover more

Essay
Rest on the flight into Egypt with Saint Catherine and angels
Exhibition
Ancient Egypt for Kids
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Egyptian Enigma
Learning Resource
Investigating ancient Egypt
Learning Resource
Draw like an Egyptian: Canopic jars
Learning Resource
Egyptian: Canopic chest
Essay
Contributions to the study of the Melbourne Triptych. II: The miracle of the loaves and fishes, The Raising of Lazarus, The Rest on the Flight to Egypt and St Peter
Essay
Imperial fashion victims in provincial Egypt: re-dating Egyptian mummy potraits
Essay
Paris Bordone’s Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Essay
A closer look: Designing the publication for Pharaoh
Essay
Alato, vase
Essay
The Crossing of the Red Sea
Essay
Rembrandt’s watermarked papers at the National Gallery of Victoria
Learning Resource
Pharaoh | Notes for Educators
Video
Pharaoh | Exhibition overview
Essay
Amorous soldiers and Amazons: queer tales from antiquity
Video
Pharaoh | Exhibition preview
Video
Megacities
Essay
A Conversation with Tracey Emin
Essay
Please scream inside your heart

Explore the collection

Foundation cone IRAQ, Ur Jug (bichrome I-II ware) CYPRUS Fragment of a door jamb EGYPT Top of a small obelisk EGYPT Bowl SYRIA / CYPRUS Miniature oinochoe (south Italian painted ware) ITALY, (Apulia); XENON GROUP (attributed to) Kings and queens John BRACK Jar (wavy-handled ware) EGYPT, Diospolis Parva Titlepage Wenceslaus HOLLAR Lekythos (South Italian red-figure ware) SOUTH ITALY Small jar EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN / ITALY Head of Gudea IRAQ Plate (Attic geometric black-figure ware) GREECE, Attica String of beads EGYPT Jar EGYPT Beaker SYRIA Flat-bodied flask EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, (Syria) Jar EGYPT Oinochoe (Attic red-figure ware) GREECE, Attica Geometric wreath mosaic NORTH COAST OF AFRICA, (Carthage) Lekanis lid (South Italian red-figure ware) SOUTH ITALY Clay tablet IRAQ Dropper flask SYRIA Clay tablet IRAQ Jar EGYPT Aryballos (Italo-Corinthian black-figure ware) GREECE, Corinth Fragment of brick IRAQ, (Babylon) Bracelet SYRIA Fragment of a brick IRAQ, (Babylon) Lamp (PALESTINE)