Lot 366
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN PAINTED PLASTER FUNERARY MASK OF A WOMAN
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN PAINTED PLASTER FUNERARY MASK OF A WOMAN

2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details
A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN PAINTED PLASTER FUNERARY MASK OF A WOMAN
2ND CENTURY A.D.
With black painted hair parted in the centre, combed in waves and drawn back to a bun at the nape of the neck, repaired with some restoration, later glass eyes
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Walter Sickert (1860-1942).
Given in 1940 by Sickert to the present owner's father as part payment for building works carried out on various residences by his company, Geo. Clegg & Son.
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Lot Essay

A typed manuscript accompanies this lot giving further details on the relationship between Sickert and the firm of Geo. Clegg & Son, and the circumstances which led to the giving of the head as part payment.

Cf. S. Walker and M. Bierbrier, Ancient Faces, The British Museum, London, 1997, p. 142, no. 156 for similar.

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