Bidspirit auction | SET OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FUNERARY

SET OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FUNERARY PECTORAL AMULETS: WINGED SCARAB AND FOUR SONS OF HORUS - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A set of faience pectoral funerary amulets in turquoise blue, including a winged scarab and four mummiform figures of the Sons of Horus, who protect the internal organs of the deceased: Duamutef (jackal-headed), Hapy (baboon-headed), Imsety (human-headed) and Qebehsenuef (falcon-headed). All are flat-backed and pierced at the edges for stitching to the mummy wrappings.For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number M11787d.Size: 33-37mm x 9-24mm; Weight: 24gProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.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.