An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Mummy Mask, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep II/Amenhotep III, 1426-1353 B.C.

wearing a tripartite wig with stripes alternating in black and traces of gilding, the idealized face with full lips rounded at the corners, slightly upturned nose, and large eyes with long delicate finely-arched eyebrows and cosmetic lines painted in remains of Egyptian blue, remains of polychrome on the neck and ears.

Mathias Komor, New York (active 1941-1983), inv. no. 0915 or 0975 (based on the label)
a Michigan estate
acquired by the present owner on the New York art market in 2005

As shown and described; what remains is in good condition. Note chip on nose and wear on the rims of the ears. The back of the mask and front of the wig show old insect damage. A small slightly loose piece at top center of the wig has recently been stabilized. Along with the Komor label on the back, there is an old red circular label with the number 10, and traces of an older rectangular label underneath it.
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Cf. A. P. Kozloff, B. M. Bryan, and L. M. Berman, Egypt's Dazzling Sun, Amenhotep III and His World, pp. 212-213, no. 61, the coffin of the Singer of Amun, Hemut-wedjebu (Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis). Also compare A. Dodson and B. Manley, Life Everlasting, National Museums Scotland, 2010, p. 71, no. 22, inv. 1885.141, F. Tiradritti and S. Mubarak, Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Cairo, 1998, pp. 216-217 (ushabti of Tutankhamun, Cairo Museum, JE 60830), and pp. 296-297 (coffin lid of Ramesses II, Cairo Museum, JE 26214), and KMT, vol. 17, no. 3, 2006, p. 22 (coffin mask from KV 63).