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LOT 0424
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Mask
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
5 1/4 in. (43.3 grams, 13.2 cm wide).
A restrung beadwork panel of small glazed composition beads in various colours representing a mummy face mask with false beard. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London gallery, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Manley, B., and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museum of Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, p. 114, no. 43, for a bead mummy shroud with a face similar in style and colour.
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Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment Group
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Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
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Circa 4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Opening Bid: £50
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