Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADS

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADS AND PENDANTS - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A collection of 26 faience beads and pendants, including mono- and bichrome daisies and rosettes modelled as circular medallions with central bosses and radiating petals, mandrake-fruit amulets with yellow bodies and blue calyces, a small Taweret figure, and a cornflower bud.For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 31.197; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.222, 11.215.238, 11.215.246, 11.215.253.Size: 9-31mm x 9-31mm; Weight: 20gProvenance: 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.