Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE PENDANTS - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A collection of 24 blue faience pendants, including leaf-shaped types with a central rib, mandrake and date fruit forms, cornflower and petal-shaped examples, and biconical beads, most with small suspension loops.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.372; National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 1978.291.297e.Size: 13-57mm x 5-10mm; Weight: 17gProvenance: 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.