Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF STEATITE AND FAIENCE

COLLECTION OF STEATITE AND FAIENCE AMULETS - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A group of four amulets made of faience and steatite, including three scarabs and a rectangular plaque. The surfaces display various carved details and the undersides are engraved with hieroglyphs and geometric patterns. 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 23.3.284; Hall H.R., Catalogue of Egyptian Scarabs, etc. in the British Museum, Cat. 632. Size: 11-14mm x 8-11mm; Weight: 4g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection formed since the 1970s.