Lot Essay
For a similar mask with a medallion see no. 159 in Walker and Bierbrier, Ancient Faces, Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt.
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THE PROEPRTY OF A NEW YORK LADY
AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED PLASTER MUMMY MASK
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY TO MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED PLASTER MUMMY MASK
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY TO MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicting a fair-skinned boy, his almond-shaped eyes with large black irises, articulated eyelashes, thick arching brows, and rosy lips, his dark hair fashioned in small corkscrew curls, his slender ears exposed, his tunic with a blue-trimmed rounded neckline, the folds pinned by a gilt medallion fastened at his right shoulder, depicting a draped bust with long curly locks, facing a crescent, enclosed within a band of beading
12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) high
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY TO MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicting a fair-skinned boy, his almond-shaped eyes with large black irises, articulated eyelashes, thick arching brows, and rosy lips, his dark hair fashioned in small corkscrew curls, his slender ears exposed, his tunic with a blue-trimmed rounded neckline, the folds pinned by a gilt medallion fastened at his right shoulder, depicting a draped bust with long curly locks, facing a crescent, enclosed within a band of beading
12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Inherited by the current owner from her mother, New York, 1960s.
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