Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PENDANTS

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PENDANTS AND AMULETS - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A collection of 19 faience pendants and amulets in vivid glazes of yellow, green, blue, grey, brown and red, including fish-shaped pendants of elongated form with yellow suspension loops; hippopotamus-headed Taweret figures standing in profile with back pillars and suspension at the top of the head; and two Bes amulets of squat, frontally modelled form.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.167, 11.215.175; National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 31.197.Size: 14-21mm x 4-7mm; Weight: 6gProvenance: 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.