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LOT 0476
Egyptian Mummy Mask Cartonnage
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, 332 B.C.-100 A.D.
10 x 10 in. (847 grams, 25.5 x 25.5 cm).
Mask fragment from a mummy with moulded and painted facial detailing; heavy black outline to the eyes and brows, banded headdress in shades of ochre, crimson, sea-green; mounted in a glazed display case. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1950s-1960s.
From the collection of Mr Ciappara, Norfolk, UK.
Literature
See Parlasca, K., Sailor, H., Moments, Mummy Portraits and Egyptian Funerary Art from Roman Times, Frankfurt, 1999, for discussion.
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