Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 34 in Schneider, Life and Death Under the Pharaohs, Egyptian Art from the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, the Netherlands.
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ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN PLASTER CROCODILE MUMMY MASK
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The hollow head naturalistically modelled with a long snout, with red pigment for the jagged teeth and nostrils, the eyes delineated with black for the pupils and eyelashes and red for the outline, with red arches along the raised brows
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) long
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The hollow head naturalistically modelled with a long snout, with red pigment for the jagged teeth and nostrils, the eyes delineated with black for the pupils and eyelashes and red for the outline, with red arches along the raised brows
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) long
Provenance
with N. Koutoulakis, Paris and Geneva, acquired prior to the early 1980s.
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