Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ROSETTE

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ROSETTE BEADS AND A TERRACOTTA MOULD - New Kingdom to Ptolemaic, Ca. 1550 - 30 BC. A collection of seven faience beads and a terracotta mould. The beads are discoid, each with a relief rosette on the obverse formed by a central boss and radiating petals; surfaces in shades of turquoise to pale green and buff, one example retaining a small metal ring at the rim. The terracotta mould is circular, bearing a recessed rosette with rounded petals around a large, central boss.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.690.Size: 20-48mm x 20-48mm; Weight: 75gProvenance: 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.