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LOT 0013
Egyptian Wooden Mummy Mask with Egyptian Blue Inlaid Eyebrows
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 22ND-24TH DYNASTY, 944-716 B.C.
7 7/8 in. (972 grams, 20 cm).
D-shaped in plan with finely carved facial detailing, slender nose and full lips, sockets to the eyes; eyebrows recessed to accept inserts still partly in situ; pierced to reverse for attachment.
ProvenanceOld mounting to the reverse.
From a private estate, Suffolk, UK.
Acquired from a UK antiques fair.
Property of Mr E.D., a UK professional.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12076-217420.
See Parlasca, K., Sailor, H., Moments, Mummy Portraits and Egyptian Funerary Art from Roman Times, Frankfurt, 1999, for discussion.
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LOT 0013
Egyptian Wooden Mummy Mask with Egyptian Blue Inlaid Eyebrows
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14,950
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with Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1982, no.190. with Sotheby's, London, 13-14 December 1990, no.18. Acquired from the above sale by the late Robert Browne. Property of Ms L.F., London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00243674. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12073-217362.
