COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS. Ca. 1550 - 30 BC. A collection of 20 faience amulets depicting deities, animals, and symbolic motifs. Among the divine figures are representations of Thoth, Taweret, Neferet, and Osiris. Animal forms include a baboon, a crocodile, and a sow. The group also includes wedjat eye, a small rectangular plaque and a hand amulet. Many with perforations for suspension or attachment. 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 23, 14, 11, 30; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.4463. Size: 14-30mm x 6-16mm; Weight: 22g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection formed since the 1970s.