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LOT 0015

Egyptian Wooden Face Mask

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

7 1/4 in. (223 grams, 18.5 cm high).

With painted detailing to the eyebrows, eyes and headband; flesh coloured pigment remaining on the nose and forehead; prominent nose and small mouth; pierced through the chin and forehead to accept attachment dowels. [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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LOT 0015

Egyptian Wooden Face Mask

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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