Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN AMULETS
COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN AMULETS - Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1069 BC. A collection of five carnelian amulets, including a crescent-shaped hair ring, a profile head with a detailed headdress, a scarab with incised markings on the clypeus and elytra, a crouching frog, and an Eye of Horus with a curved brow and elongated lower section.For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA86624, EA86541.Size: 7.2-15mm x 9.0-11.4mm; Weight: 3.92gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.