Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN STONE AND

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN STONE AND FAIENCE AMULETS - Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC. A collection of 13 fragments of faience and stone amulets and beads. Among the pieces are a Taweret torso, a rosette bead, an Eye of Horus amulet, a fragment of a squatting figure, a standing female figure, and the lower part of a figure wearing a pleated kilt, along with other elements.For similar see: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Accession Number 19.2887.1; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.4486; The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Museum number: 6-20589.Size: 8.8-44.6mm x 8.1-16.2mm; Weight: 55.7gProvenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s; previously in 1970s UK collection.Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.