Ancient beads: genuine ancient Egyptian faience lion bead/amulet, 2000 years old

Description

Ancient Egyptian faience lion bead amulet
Date: 1 century AD
Faience, blue glaze
Made in open mold, miniature sculpture lion is depicted with well defined mane and tail curled around right haunch, his slightly curved body lying on rectangular base. Longitudinal hole through the base for suspension. Blue glazed faience.
Intact, good condition, ancient abraded surface in places, exposing lighter color faience.
Height 14 mm, length 25 mm, width 16 mm.
Authenticity is guaranteed
For similar published beads in museum collections see:
- Art Treasures of Ancient Kuban, Catalog of Exibition, pl.62 cat. 204
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 11: 20
- L. Dubin, The history of beads,from 30000 BC to the present, 2004, Bead chart: A time line of Bead History, # 297