An Egyptian Polychrome and Gilt Cartonnage Mummy Mask, late Ptolemaic/early Roman Period, circa 1st Century B.C./ 1st Century A.D.
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July 5, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
An Egyptian Polychrome and Gilt Cartonnag♍e ꦐMummy Mask
late Ptolemaic/early Roman Period, circa 1st Century B.C./ 1st Century A🗹.D.
wearing a blue tripartite wig with applied diadem in relief, a winged scarab and sun-disk flanked by two short columns of inscription above, a djed pillar flanked by uraei on ea꧙ch side, the gilt face with glass-inlaid eyes, eyebrows, 🉐and cosmetic lines.
Height 42.5 cm.
Yvonne Moreau-Gobard, Orient-ꦕOccident, 5 rue des Saint🌌s-Pères, Paris, acquired prior to December 28th, 1977
Guy Delb꧙ès, Paris and La๊ Croix-Blanche, acquired in the 1980s
Guyenne Enchères, Agen, December 4th, 2021,༺ no. 23
acquired by the present owner at the above sale