Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AND

COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AND STEATITE SCARABS - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A group of four scarabs, carved from faience and steatite. Each amulet is oval-shaped with a domed back featuring linear and segmented detailing. The undersides of three scarabs are inscribed with hieroglyphs while one remains plain. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: Hall H.R., Catalogue of Egyptian Scarabs, etc. in the British Museum, 718, 741, 604; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 26.7.730, 36.3.28, 23.3.395. Size: 13-16mm x 9-11mm; Weight: 6g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection formed since the 1970s.