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LOT 0003

Egyptian Painted Wooden Mask

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.

11 3/4 in. (1.04 kg, 30 cm).

D-shaped in plan with carved facial detailing, thick nose and full lips; painted bands to brow pierced in three places for attachment.

Provenance

Swiss private collection, Zurich, assembled in the 1950s.
Private collection.
Acquired on the Zurich art market in 2013.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12847-241680.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. for a similar Mask Derbala, A., Müller, A., ‘Cartonnage to Plaster. Mummy Masks of the Ptolemaic and Early Roman Periods from Tuna el-Gebel’ in Archäologischer Anzeiger, 2022/2, fig.17, p.49.

CONDITION
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LOT 0003

Egyptian Painted Wooden Mask

Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)

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