Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PAPYRUS COLUMN AMULET

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PAPYRUS COLUMN AMULET - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A faience papyriform column amulet modelled with a tapering shaft ending in a rounded tip with incisions, the flaring umbel capital set above a neck with collar rings and an incised band, surmounted by a pierced suspension loop.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 10.130.1818.Size: 83mm x 20mm; Weight: 17gProvenance: 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.