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A GILT AND PAINTED CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK
LATE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A GILT AND PAINTED CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK
late ptolemaic period, circa 2nd-1st century b.c.
The gilt, modeled face with a dimpled chin and straight nose, the thin lips with defined filtrum, the large white eyes with black irises and blue cosmetic lines and brows, wearing a red and yellow fillet with a central gilt medallion over a tripartite wig, a winged scarab pushing the sun disk above, both lappets with a seated figure of Osiris, the sides with a standing female goddess wearing a solar crown and a human-headed ba-bird, representing the spirit of the deceased, standing on a shrine, the fillet forming a tyet-knot at the back, the descending ties flanked by rearing uraei, the goddess Maat below with outstretched wings, the ends of the lappets with decorative bands framing a row of uraei, a chest ornament of horizontal bands between the lappets, a red, white, and blue check-pattern to the sides, a band of rosettes below
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high
late ptolemaic period, circa 2nd-1st century b.c.
The gilt, modeled face with a dimpled chin and straight nose, the thin lips with defined filtrum, the large white eyes with black irises and blue cosmetic lines and brows, wearing a red and yellow fillet with a central gilt medallion over a tripartite wig, a winged scarab pushing the sun disk above, both lappets with a seated figure of Osiris, the sides with a standing female goddess wearing a solar crown and a human-headed ba-bird, representing the spirit of the deceased, standing on a shrine, the fillet forming a tyet-knot at the back, the descending ties flanked by rearing uraei, the goddess Maat below with outstretched wings, the ends of the lappets with decorative bands framing a row of uraei, a chest ornament of horizontal bands between the lappets, a red, white, and blue check-pattern to the sides, a band of rosettes below
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high