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LOT 0020
Egyptian Faience Bead Mummy Mask and Collar with Good Colour
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
10 7/8 x 11 1/4 in. (556 grams, 27.5 x 28.5 cm).
Comprising a restrung panel of small glazed composition beads in various colours representing a mummy face mask with false beard and collar; framed and glazed.
ProvenanceEx collection of Mr & Ms François & Marion Reber - Burki, Rue des Beaux-Arts 10, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Collected in the first part of 20th century by Mr F. Burki, father of Ms Marion Reber.
Cf. Manley, B., and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museum of Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, p.114, no.43, for a similar mask and collar.
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LOT 0020
Egyptian Faience Bead Mummy Mask and Collar with Good Colour
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 AD.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Restrung group of graduated beads, mainly tubular and oblate types, centrepiece a rosette pendant. 49 grams, 70 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Mask
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Restrung beadwork panel depicting a mummy face mask with false beard. 26.9 grams, 11.2 cm
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Egyptian Multi-Stranded Faience Mummy Bead Necklace
Late Period, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Composed of polychrome beads in shades of brown annular shapes; modern clasp. 31 grams, 72 cm long
Acquired before 1979. From the private collection of Mr F. A., South Kensington, London, UK; thence by descent 2014.
For thousands of years, artisans in Egypt created vibrant ceramics to echo the beauty of rare jewels. These ornaments were created with almost every material, colour and texture imaginable and they come from across Egypt and beyond: vibrant blue lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, glossy black obsidian from Turkey, and aqua-green turquoise from the Sinai. They were worn in life and, after death, they served as precious ornamentation for mummies.
