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LOT 608

Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 350 - 470
USD ($) 380 - 510

EGYPT - MUMMY BEAD MASK
(39 grams, 123 mm.).

Late Period - Potolemaic, circa 600-300 BC. Glazed re-strung composition mask composed of spacer disc beads, with zig-zag tubular bead border, the green face with banded edges in green, eyes and eyebrows outlined in black, the angular nose and mouth formed of coral pink beads, with horizontal striped beard.

PROVENANCE:
From an old French collection with a copy of the export documentation dated 1997.

CONDITION