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LOT 0039
Egyptian Wooden Mummy Mask
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
15 1/4 in. (4.85 kg total, 38.8 cm high including stand).
Columnar in form with carved facial detailing, thick block of hair, full lips; pierced to reverse for attachment.
ProvenanceEnglish private collection, formed in the early 20th century.
Acquired on the English art market.
Cf. Dawson, J., Strudwick, H. (eds.), Death on the Nile: Uncovering the Afterlife of Ancient Egypt, London, 2016, p. 115, fig. 84, for a similar anthropoid coffin face with a similar dark finish in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Rectangular plaque with a head of Bes modelled in low relief on one side and symbols on the reverse; pierced longitudinally. 3.54 grams, 20 mm
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Egyptian Bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Modelled in the round on a sledge attached by ventral and pectoral fins; with forked tail, a dorsal ridge, and a tapering nose, featuring recessed circular eyes to accept an insert, a horned sun disc headdress fronted by a uraeus, and a suspension loop behind. 203 grams, 11.5 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
