HALF MASK OF AN OLD MAN, opaque white and translucent pale amber brown curls, similar eyebrow, opaque yellow face, opaque red corners of the white eye, red lips, translucent amethyst mouth and three scars(?), on his cheek, green matrix; another similar half with three amber scars | Christie's

Lot 35

HALF MASK OF AN OLD MAN, opaque white and translucent pale amber brown curls, similar eyebrow, opaque yellow face, opaque red corners of the white eye, red lips, translucent amethyst mouth and three scars(?), on his cheek, green matrix; another similar half with three amber scars

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HALF MASK OF AN OLD MAN, opaque white and translucent pale amber brown curls, similar eyebrow, opaque yellow face, opaque red corners of the white eye, red lips, translucent amethyst mouth and three scars(?), on his cheek, green matrix; another similar half with three amber scars
circa 1st Century B.C.
3.0 x 1.4cm., 0.3cm. thick max. (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Götter und Pharaonen, pp. 133, no. 12 for a complete example, formerly in the collecton of King Fuad I, now in Alexandria Museum, no. 24850

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