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LOT 0434
Egyptian Bright Blue Beaded Mummy Mask with Sons of Horus
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
9 in. (60 grams, 23 cm high).
A restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, the 'Four Sons of Horus’ beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads.
Provenance
Acquired 1990s.
Ex Mariaud des Serres, Paris, France.
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LOT 0434
Egyptian Bright Blue Beaded Mummy Mask with Sons of Horus
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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