An Indurated Limestone Mask, probably Phoenician, circa 2nd/1st Century B.C.

from an over life-size anthropoid sarcophagus, wearing a wide wig, the round face with prominent chin, wide finely-carved mouth rounded at the corners, straight nose, and almond-shaped eyes with raised rims and cosmetic lines, the wig and ears left roughly-carved, the back concave, the surface of the mask possibly smoothed down in modern times.

Galerie Kamer, New York (as Egyptian, late Ptolemaic Period)
Arthur Cohen and Elaine Lustig Cohen, acquired from the above on June 10th, 1966

Wig and ears roughly worked in antiquity, surface refreshed/repolished in modern times to attenuate chips and abrasions, resulting in a loss of detail in treatment of eye-rims and other features. Nose rubbed and slightly abraded. Traces of chisel marks on proper left temple and in front of ear. Back concave.
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