Lot Essay
For a plaster mask with similar hairstyle, cf. exhibition catalogue, Égypte Romaine, Marseille, 1997, p. 152, no. 174.
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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN PAINTED PLASTER FUNERARY MASK OF A WOMAN
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
With black painted hair parted in the centre, combed in waves and drawn back to a high bun at the back of the head, eyelashes painted individually, eyebrows painted along the contour of the brow with individual hairs along the edges, details of neck, nostrils, eyelids and mouth delicately painted in black, wearing gold-painted hoop earrings, with inlaid glass eyes
7 in. (18 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
With black painted hair parted in the centre, combed in waves and drawn back to a high bun at the back of the head, eyelashes painted individually, eyebrows painted along the contour of the brow with individual hairs along the edges, details of neck, nostrils, eyelids and mouth delicately painted in black, wearing gold-painted hoop earrings, with inlaid glass eyes
7 in. (18 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Phocion J. Tano, Cairo, 1950s.
Special notice
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