Egyptian Gilt Cartonnage Mummy Mask

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 BC

16" (285 grams, 41 cm).

A cartonnage mummy mask covered with gesso and decorated with gilding; the facial details picked out in black paint with white in the eyes and red outline to the Nemes crown striped headcloth; professionally conserved.

Provenance

UK art market, acquired prior to 1980.

CONDITION

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LOT 0600

Egyptian Gilt Cartonnage Mummy Mask

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,420

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