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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]

Provenance

Ex London gallery, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. 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.

CONDITION
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LOT 0424

Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Mask

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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