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ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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AN EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK OF A WOMAN
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Painted with polychrome over gesso, the face yellow, with elongated hieroglyphic eyes featuring large black irises, contoured upper lids and elongated cosmetic lines parallel to the tapering brows, the lips and corners of the nostrils red, wearing a blue tripartite headcloth outlined in red, the lappets striped above their lower edges, and an elaborate beaded broadcollar with rows of rosettes and other patterns, a row of rosettes along the lower edge, crosshatching at the sides
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Painted with polychrome over gesso, the face yellow, with elongated hieroglyphic eyes featuring large black irises, contoured upper lids and elongated cosmetic lines parallel to the tapering brows, the lips and corners of the nostrils red, wearing a blue tripartite headcloth outlined in red, the lappets striped above their lower edges, and an elaborate beaded broadcollar with rows of rosettes and other patterns, a row of rosettes along the lower edge, crosshatching at the sides
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Paris Art Market, 1974.
Canadian Private Collection.
Canadian Private Collection.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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