COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BES PLAYING TAMBOURINE AMULETS New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC A collection of 28 blue faience amulets. Each amulet depicts Bes, the dwarf god, playing a tambourine. Bes is shown in his right profile, with legs slightly bent and hands raised to hold the tambourine. A suspension loop is situated above his head. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.195; National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 44.19.152. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. Size: 13-18mm x 45540mm; Weight: 7g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.