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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.
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