COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADS AND AMULETS - EX CHRISTIE'S. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, Reign of Akhenaten, Ca. 1351 - 1334 BC A collection of six faience beads and amulets, including, from left to right: a turquoise scarab with the base incised with the throne-name Neb-maat-re; a green grasshopper-shaped amulet inscribed with 'Amen (re), Lord of the Two Lands'; a pale green frog amulet, the underside with a pair of uraei and neb baskets; a blue frog amulet; a blue scarab with the base engraved with the cartouche of Neb-maat-re (Amenhotep III); and a rosette terminal from an ear stud in white faience with blue petals and a red centre. Size: 13-17mm x 10-17mm; Weight: 7g. Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s-2014; Ex Christie's, 2 May 2013 Lot 43; Ex Christie's, London, Antiquities Including Property from the Collection of Baron Edouard Jean Empain, 14 April 2011, lot 53; Previously in the Baron Empain (1852-1929) collection, Belgium. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 44.19.177, 1978.291.297ff.