Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE DJED
COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE DJED TOWER AMULETS - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A collection of four faience Djed amulets, each in flat plaque form with a flaring base and a stacked capital of four transverse bars detailed with incised notches, the reverses with a central vertical rib pierced at the upper section.For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number M11917e, M11917m.Size: 24-32mm x 9-17mm; Weight: 9gProvenance: 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.