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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED AND GILT CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Decorated with polychrome paint over a gesso layer, black wig, the face gilt, the white eyes with black irises, brows and extending cosmetic lines, and a red, blue and white floral patterned broad collar; and a painted cartonnage fragment, decorated with a winged scarab and a winged deity, with gilt bodies, flanked by the Four Sons of Horus, the details in blue, yellow, red, white and pink
18 in (46 cm.) high and 14 in. (35.5 cm.) long respectively (2)
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Decorated with polychrome paint over a gesso layer, black wig, the face gilt, the white eyes with black irises, brows and extending cosmetic lines, and a red, blue and white floral patterned broad collar; and a painted cartonnage fragment, decorated with a winged scarab and a winged deity, with gilt bodies, flanked by the Four Sons of Horus, the details in blue, yellow, red, white and pink
18 in (46 cm.) high and 14 in. (35.5 cm.) long respectively (2)
Provenance
Item one: private collection, Sweden, acquired in the 1950s;
Item two: private collection, Denmark, acquired circa 1920.
Item two: private collection, Denmark, acquired circa 1920.
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