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LOT 0541

Romano-Egyptian Plaster Mummy

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (6.14 grams, 44 mm).

D-shaped in section with mummy wrapping to the body, exposed face with curls of hair. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Picchi, D., Rossi, M., Casali, F., Romani, D., ‘Analysis of an Egyptian Corn-Mummy by means of computed tomography’ in Maravelia, A.A. (ed.), En Quête de la Lumière / In Quest of Light. Mélanges in Honorem Ashraf A. Sadek, Oxford, 2009, pp.1-10, fig.5, for a miniature Roman mummy.

CONDITION
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LOT 0541

Romano-Egyptian Plaster Mummy

Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)

Current bid: £10 +BP*
(2 Bids, Reserve met)

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(2 Bids, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £10
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