26th May, 2021 12:00
European & Asian Works of Art
250
AN EGYPTIAN BEAD 'MUMMY' MASK
AN EGYPTIAN BEAD 'MUMMY' MASK, LATE DYNASTIC / PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 7TH / 4TH CENTURY BC
the faience beads restrung on a black felt covered board beading
16.5cm high
For similar examples apparently dating to the 7th century BC see: a mask still attached over the mummy's face, discovered by archaeologists headed by Professor Naguib Kanawati of Macquarie University at a dig near Saqqara in February 2005, now at the Imhotep Museum, Saqqara; one similarly attached, Liverpool Museum, Inv. No. 17.6.20.60; and one in Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptische Sammlung, Inv.No.10060
AN EGYPTIAN BEAD 'MUMMY' MASK, LATE DYNASTIC / PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 7TH / 4TH CENTURY BC
the faience beads restrung on a black felt covered board beading
16.5cm high
For similar examples apparently dating to the 7th century BC see: a mask still attached over the mummy's face, discovered by archaeologists headed by Professor Naguib Kanawati of Macquarie University at a dig near Saqqara in February 2005, now at the Imhotep Museum, Saqqara; one similarly attached, Liverpool Museum, Inv. No. 17.6.20.60; and one in Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptische Sammlung, Inv.No.10060
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 26th May, 2021
