Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARABOID WITH BACK

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARABOID WITH BACK IN FORM OF 'AFRICAN HEAD' - Middle Kingdom - New Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1069 BC. An Egyptian green faience scaraboid with back in form of African head. On the base is cut a geometrical motifs. For similar see: pp. 254 n° 2535 H. R. Hall, Catalogue Egyptian Scarabs, Etc., in the British Museum. Vol. I pp. 254, n°2535. Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.