Bidspirit auction | PAIR OF LARGE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE

PAIR OF LARGE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADS WITH WEDJAT EYES AND CARTOUCHES - Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC. A pair of large faience beads, one nearly spherical, the convex face incised with cartouches; the other of elongated barrel form with a continuous frieze of Wedjat eyes in low relief, drilled lengthwise for stringing.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 22.1.568.Size: 27-37mm x 26-27mm; Weight: 38gProvenance: 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.