Various Properties
A GESSO PAINTED WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS MASK, the brownish-red face with detailed eyes and extended eyeline in black, the striped gesso painted headdress with red and blue colouring, dowel holes and pegs in the back for attachment, Third Intermediate Period (1070-712 B.C.)
Details
A GESSO PAINTED WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS MASK, the brownish-red face with detailed eyes and extended eyeline in black, the striped gesso painted headdress with red and blue colouring, dowel holes and pegs in the back for attachment, Third Intermediate Period (1070-712 B.C.)
13¼in. (33.5cm.) high
13¼in. (33.5cm.) high
Provenance
Old Birkonian Society (Birkenhead School, Merseyside); brought back from Egypt by Dr Charlesworth in the 1920's