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LOT 0002
Egyptian Wooden Mummy Face Mask
LATE DYNASTIC PERIOD, AFTER 500 B.C.
10 7/8 in. (716 grams, 27.5 cm).
Triangular in form with carved facial detailing, thick tousled hair, full lips; pierced in four places for attachment. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
A very thick, almost domed flint hand axe or heavy scraper formed on a blade core with the perimeter edges finely knapped; with illegible label and custom-made display stand. 390 grams total, 13 cm including stand
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Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile
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Comprising a double band of purple wool over linen, the ornament consisting of a series of circles alternating with a star-shaped and rhomboid decoration. 152 grams, 42.5 x 34 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The large segments can be classified as clavi, although they are not part of a tunic but more possibly borders of a curtain, or a funerary sheet. Mantles and funerary shrouds were usually decorated by wide bands along the lower border, imitating the ornaments of tunics with clavi and orbiculi.
