Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE DEITIES

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE DEITIES AMULETS - Ca. 1550 - 30 BC. A collection of 10 faience amulets including representations of Thoth, Anubis and Khnum, each shown in standing form against a pillar. The group also includes a papyrus sceptre amulet with a suspension hole at the top. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: Andrews C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, British Museum Press, cat. 83, 20, 23; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 10.130.1818. Size: 30-37mm x 6-13mm; Weight: 25g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection formed since the 1970s.