Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AND

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AND STEATITE AMULETS - Second intermediate Period - New Kingdom, Ca. 1790 - 1069 BC. A group of three faience and steatite amulets in different shapes, including a scarab and two rectangular plaques. One plaque and the scarab are made of blue faience, while the other plaque is steatite. Each has an engraved underside. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: The British Museum, Miscellaneous number: AN1896-1908-EA.926; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 23.3.195. Size: 12-17mm x 9-12mm; Weight: 5g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection formed since the 1970s.