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LOT 0017

Sold for (Inc. bp): £715

EGYPTIAN WOODEN FACE MASK
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
9 in. (475 grams, 23 cm high).

Carved in the half-round with elegant nose and prominent chin, full lips and rounded cheeks; a headband resting on the forehead; an attachment dowel on the chin and forehead. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.

LITERATURE:
See Taylor, J.H., Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, London, 2001, for discussion.

CONDITION
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