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ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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AN EGYPTIAN GILT CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK
Roman Imperial Period, Circa Early 1st Century A.D.
The deceased represented with stylized locks of hair parted in the center of the forehead and adorned with a cobra frieze, over which is a striped headdress, held in place by a wide fillet decorated with a centrally placed sacred eye flanked left and right by trains of figures, their hands raised in adoration, the eyes with cosmetic lines and brows in black, the irises black, the eyes white
9 1/8 in. (23 cm) high
Roman Imperial Period, Circa Early 1st Century A.D.
The deceased represented with stylized locks of hair parted in the center of the forehead and adorned with a cobra frieze, over which is a striped headdress, held in place by a wide fillet decorated with a centrally placed sacred eye flanked left and right by trains of figures, their hands raised in adoration, the eyes with cosmetic lines and brows in black, the irises black, the eyes white
9 1/8 in. (23 cm) high