AN EGYPTIAN PLASTER MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
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AN EGYPTIAN PLASTER MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN

ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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AN EGYPTIAN PLASTER MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Modelled with "Venus" rings along the neck, the eyes inlaid with white glass, the pupils brownish-black in color, the lashes painted black, with rose-colored nostrils and lips, her garment in pastel teal and dusty rose, her center-parted hair with swelling curls cascading down to the shoulders in rich curvilinear patterns and falling in a single tightly-curled tress in front of each ear, preserving the remains of the linen wrappings on the interior
12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) high
來源
Said to be from the necropolis of Hermopolis (Tuna el-Gebel).
出版
G. Grimm, Die Römishcen Mumienmasken aus Ägypten, Wiesbaden, 1974, p. 63ff, pl. 61, fig. 4.
注意事項
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

拍品專文

New York Hispanic Society Inventory No. D1227, 1956.