Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PENDANTS

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PENDANTS AND AMULETS - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A large collection of faience pendants and amulets in turquoise to pale green, including leaf types in two variants: examples with a central midrib, and others with oblique chevron veining; lotus sepals with long plain blades; petal-shaped pendants with cartouches bearing the throne name of Amenhotep III; biconical and fruit forms.For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 1978.291.297a, 1978.291.297b; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.341, 11.215.346, 11.215.351; John D. Cooney, 'Amarna Art in the Cleveland Museum', The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 55, no. 1 (January 1968), p. 15, figs. 14-15.Size: 12-40mm x 6-10mm; Weight: 30gProvenance: 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.