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LOT 0014
Egyptian Wooden Painted Mask
LATE NEW KINGDOM, 1350-1070 B.C.
12 3/4 in. (1.14 kg, 32.5 cm high including stand).
A wooden funerary mask with finely delineated painted eyes and eyebrows on a gesso ground; holes to accept attachment pegs to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEx private Swiss collection, before 1960.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11600-199042.
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession number EA46631.
FootnotesThe mask is typical of Phoenician-Punic production and likely had a funerary purpose.
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Opening Bid: £1,000
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Fair condition.
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Opening Bid: £50
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