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Egyptian Painted Plaster Mummy Mask of a Lady Egyptian Painted Plaster Mummy Mask of a Lady Egyptian Painted Plaster Mummy Mask of a Lady Egyptian Painted Plaster Mummy Mask of a Lady Egyptian Painted Plaster Mummy Mask of a Lady Egyptian Painted Plaster Mummy Mask of a Lady
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LOT 0459

Egyptian Painted Plaster Mummy Mask of a Lady

ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.

8 in. (777 grams, 20 cm high).

Hollow-formed with finely modelled facial details, dark hair parted in the middle and drawn back to each side with a ringlet before each ear; narrow brow with painted eyebrows, lentoid eyes with dark irises; narrow nose and small pursed lips; impressions of bandaging on the rear where attached to mummy.

Provenance

From a London, UK, collection.
Formerly with a central London auction house.

Literature

Cf. Manley, B., and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museum of Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, pp.136-137, nos.58-59, for two examples of such plaster masks; see also Toynbee, J.M.C. Roman Historical Portraits, London, 1978, for discussion.

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LOT 0459

Egyptian Painted Plaster Mummy Mask of a Lady

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820

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