PAIR OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE CORNFLOWER PENDANTS AND EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A matched pair of cornflower pendants in glazed faience, each composed of a flaring blue calyx above a green, textured ovary with a tapering shaft culminating in a suspension loop and bright green and blue glazed faience amulet, preserved in two complementary halves. The obverse is decorated with a hieroglyphic inscription, while the reverse is flat and unworked. The ends are accented in blue, each provided with a suspension loop. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.264; National Museums Liverpool, 1978.291.297r. Size: 24.6-24.5mm x 9.1-10mm; Weight: 2.94g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.