Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BUNCH


COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BUNCH OF GRAPES PENDANTS - New Kingdom to Ptolemaic, Ca. 1550 - 30 BC. A collection of 42 faience grape cluster pendants, each modelled as an ovoid bunch with a dimpled or beaded surface arranged in rows, finished at the apex with a small loop for suspension.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.307, 11.215.312.Size: 14-34mm x 8-21mm; Weight: 23gProvenance: 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.