Egyptian Beaded Mummy Face Mask

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

5 1/8 in. (44 grams, 13 cm wide).

A restrung panel of small glazed composition beads in various colours representing a mummy face mask with false beard.

Provenance

Acquired 1990s.
Ex Mariaud des Serres, Paris, France.

Footnotes

The practice of providing a bead mask as additional protection for the face of the mummy developed in the Late Period. The green beads used as the principal colour in the creation of the stylised face symbolise regeneration and re-birth. An example discovered at Esna in Upper Egypt and still attached to the face of a mummy is on display in the World Museum Liverpool (accession number 7.6.20.60).

CONDITION

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LOT 0458