Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Mask

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.

4 3/4 in. (30.8 grams, 12 cm).

A beadwork panel of small glazed composition beads in various colours representing a mummy face mask, with false beard with netted border; restrung with some later beads.

Provenance

Mariaud de Serres, Paris, 1990s.

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0505