A RARE EGYPTIAN PAIR OF GILDED FAIENCE PENANNULAR EARRINGS. New-Kingdom, Dynasty 18 , ca. 1400-1295 BCE Diam. 25 mm Provenance Formerly, with Christophe Vincent , Vevey, 15.11.78 Publications - National Museum of Tokyo, Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt, 11/7-23/09 2015, n°48 With the shape of an open-ended circle, its ends drawn into two vertical loops. A prefabricated gilted twisted cord of the same turquoise faience decorates the outer circumference. Back then a piece of gold wire was threaded and inserted as a hoop. For a similar typology in glass see British Museum, EA14508