LARGE COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS Ca. Late Period to Roman Period, Ca. 664 BC - AD 200. A collection of nine faience amulets and beads, including from the upper row, from left to right: a small recumbent animal on an integral base; a standing Bes with a tall feathered headdress; a seated cat with suspension loop at its back. Lower row, from left to right: a Bes playing a tambourine; a standing Bes; a Bes head with a feathered crown; a barrel-shaped openwork bead; a small globular bead with multiple perforations; a rectangular plaque with the dwarf deity Bes. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 44.19.142. Size: 6-30mm x 6-15mm; Weight: 55g 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.