Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN GLASS AMULETIC

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN GLASS AMULETIC INLAYS - EX. CHRISTIE'S - Late Period, 27th-30th Dynasty, Ca. 525 - 343 BC. A collection of thirty-seven glass amuletic inlays, each mould-pressed, including a black Imsety; two turquoise standing figures of Nephthys; two red mummies; a pale blue Anubis holding a djed-pillar; a white Imsety; a turquoise lion-headed uraeus; two black reclining jackals, one facing right, one facing left; a golden yellow, a red, and a turquoise scarab; a turquoise uraeus on a nb-basket; a golden yellow and a red Ib-heart; two green squatting frogs, one facing right, one facing left; two turquoise squatting Thoth baboons, one facing right, one facing left; two white, one red and one golden yellow cow, each crowned with a solar disk and atef-plumes, representing either Hathor, Nut or Mehetweret; a pale blue mummiform Osiris with crook and flail, wearing a plumed atef-crown; two dark turquoise falcon-headed sphinxes, one facing right, one facing left, the facial markings and eyes once with supplementary inlays; two pale blue human-headed ba-birds; a golden yellow Nekhbet vulture on a basket; two turquoise praising baboons, one facing right, one facing left; a golden yellow tyt-amulet or girdle of Isis; one red djed-pillar with atef-crown; one red kneeling Nephthys; and a golden yellow and a pale blue winged falcon-headed scarab.For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA64096; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.2508.Size: 330mm x 240mm; Weight: 380gProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christies, 9 Dec 2005, Lot: 24; Ex. Omar Pacha Sultan; Previously with Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva, 1976.Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.