ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) high

Provenance

Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired prior to 1975.

Exhibited

Bern Historical Museum, Gesichter, Griechische und Römische Bildnisse aus Schweizer Besitz, 6 November 1982-6 February 1983, no. 101.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
K. Parlasca, Repertorio d'arte dell'Egitto Greco-Romano, Series B, Vol. II, Tavole 61-120, Numeri 247-496, Rome, 1977, p. 32, no. 261, pl. 63,6.
H. Jucker, D. Willers, Gesichter, griechische und römische Bildnisse aus Schweizer Besitz, Bern, 1982, p. 236, no. 101.

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