Bidspirit auction | LARGE COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE


LARGE COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PENDANTS AND SCARABS - New Kingdom to Ptolemaic, Ca. 1550 - 30 BC. A large collection of faience pendants in shades of turquoise, blue, green, and yellow, including petal-shaped drops, date-shaped ovals, grape-cluster with stippled lobes, and scarab pendants.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.218, 11.215.299, 11.215.388, 31.114.2a; National Museums Liverpool, Accession number M12588h.Size: 13-28mm x 4-9mm; Weight: 53gProvenance: 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.