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LOT 0482
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Face Mask
LATE DYNASTIC-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (41.9 grams, 14.5 cm wide).
In various colours representing a mummy face mask with false beard; restrung.
Provenance
Acquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK
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