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LOT 0044
Large Egyptian Wooden Mummy Coffin
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
22 3/4 in. (5.15 kg, 57.7 cm high).
Upper half of the front of a coffin, carved in high relief, with a deep hollow on the reverse; the face and tripartite wig are carefully executed, with fine facial modelling; thin raised-relief eyebrows, large almond-shaped eyes framed above by cosmetic lines, a widely splayed nose, a broad, narrow-lipped mouth, a broad chin above a fleshy neck, and forward-facing, internally detailed ears; an attachment point on the chest for a separate collar or other adornment; the back features two mortises (one with a partial tenon still in place).
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13516-260648.
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 coffin mask.
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LOT 0044
Large Egyptian Wooden Mummy Coffin
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£3,000 (EUR 3,480; USD 4,050) ‡+BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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