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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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Egyptian Faience and Glass Bead Group
Mostly Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Previously with Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France, and from a Paris Gallery. -
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Opening Bid: £200
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