Faience Necklace with Horus Eye

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Late period, 664-332 B.C.

Material: Faience, textile

Dimensions: 75 cm long

Price: 800 Euro

Ref: 1542

Provenance: Rhenish private collection prior to 2002. Thence in the collection Erika Erika Krautkrämer (1932-2022).

Condition: Intact and ready to wear.

Description: Modern on a textile band threaded necklace of small, possibly belonging faience beads in different colours. In the centre a large eye of Horus of Egyptian blue faience. The Eye of Horus is the restored left eye (“Moon eye”) of the light god Horus, which was healed and restored by the Egyptian god Thoth. It is also called udjat eye (udjat = intact, complete, unhurt, healthy). According to its meaning udjat amulets had apotropaic functions and should protect against illnesses. Ready to wear.