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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.
Provenance
Ex 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.
Literature
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession number EA46631.
Footnotes
The mask is typical of Phoenician-Punic production and likely had a funerary purpose.
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