EGYPTIAN CORE FORMED GLASS EARRINGS New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A collection of three glass earrings, each formed from a blue glass rod bent into an open hoop with opposed closing loops, the exterior wound with a single spiral trail; the left example in pale blue with a white-and-dark twisted trail, the two to the right in darker blue with alternating yellow-and-dark trails. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA14508; The Art Institute of Chicago, Reference Number 1894.922. Size: 20-24mm x 20-21mm; Weight: 6g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.