Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE EAR

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE EAR STUDS DEPICTING FLOWERS - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A collection of white faience ear studs and separate ear stud heads. The studs formed with short tapering pegs and circular tops modelled in low relief as rosettes with radiating petals; the heads discoid, decorated with white, blue, and red flowers or concentric circles.For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 1978.291.297ff; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 23.6.57; The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, Accession Number LDUCE-UC1283; The National Museum of Scotland, Museum reference A.1965.351, A.1965.352.Size: 16-24mm x 14-24mm; Weight: 9gProvenance: 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.