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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN EGYPTIAN GILT CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK
LATE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD TO EARLY ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
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AN EGYPTIAN GILT CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK
LATE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD TO EARLY ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Painted in polychrome, the face gilt with black extended cosmetic lines, conforming brows, and large pupils, wearing a blue tripartite headcloth, striped and dotted in front, the hair fringing the forehead, the ears prominent, the lappets adorned with kneeling Isis and Nephthys, facing inward, the headcloth secured with a diadem fronted by a central raised gilt wedjat-eye and six bosses, looped and knotted in the back with descending ties, the multi-strand beaded broad collar visible between the lappets; some bituminous material preserved around the face
17¾ in. (45.1 cm.) high
LATE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD TO EARLY ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Painted in polychrome, the face gilt with black extended cosmetic lines, conforming brows, and large pupils, wearing a blue tripartite headcloth, striped and dotted in front, the hair fringing the forehead, the ears prominent, the lappets adorned with kneeling Isis and Nephthys, facing inward, the headcloth secured with a diadem fronted by a central raised gilt wedjat-eye and six bosses, looped and knotted in the back with descending ties, the multi-strand beaded broad collar visible between the lappets; some bituminous material preserved around the face
17¾ in. (45.1 cm.) high
Provenance
with Blanchard Antiquities, Cairo, 1906.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, 1906-1992.
The Toledo Museum of Art; Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, Sotheby's, New York, 25 June 1992, lot 40.
Alan M. May, Dallas, 1992-2003.
Egyptian Antiquities from the Collection of Alan M. May; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 11 December 2003, lot 24.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, 1906-1992.
The Toledo Museum of Art; Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, Sotheby's, New York, 25 June 1992, lot 40.
Alan M. May, Dallas, 1992-2003.
Egyptian Antiquities from the Collection of Alan M. May; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 11 December 2003, lot 24.
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