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Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Face Mask with Sons of Horus Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Face Mask with Sons of Horus Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Face Mask with Sons of Horus
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LOT 0436

Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Face Mask with Sons of Horus

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.

12 5/8 in. (145 grams, 32 cm high).

Restrung; a 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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Manley, B. and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, p.114, no. 43, for an example with similar elements.

Footnotes

The 'Four Sons of Horus' protected the internal organs of the deceased. Depicted from left to right: the falcon-headed Qebhesenuef protected the intestines; human-headed Imsety, the liver; baboon-headed Hapi, the lungs; jackal-headed Duamutef, the stomach.

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LOT 0436

Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Face Mask with Sons of Horus

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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