Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE COWROID

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE COWROID STAMP SEALS - New Kingdom to Ptolemaic, Ca. 1550 - 30 BC. A collection of faience cowroid stamp seals and beads in turquoise, cobalt blue, and green glazes. The cowroids are lentoid to ovoid with hollowed or flat bases, engraved with nefer signs, Maat feathers, and additional motifs.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 36.3.23, 11.215.59, 11.215.64; National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 49.47.474e.Size: 11-37mm x 4-13mm; 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.