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LOT 0506

Egyptian Faience Beaded Mummy Mask

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.

6 1/4 in. (67 grams, 16 cm).

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.

Provenance

Ex Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France, 1990s.
From a London, UK, collection.

Literature

Cf. Bienkowski, P., Tooley, A., Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum, Liverpool, 1995, p.68 and pl.103, for an example still attached to a mummy.

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LOT 0506

Egyptian Faience Beaded Mummy Mask

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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