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AN EGYPTIAN WOOD MUMMY MASK, 21ST/22ND DYNASTY, 1075-716 B.C. | An Egyptian Wood Mummy Mask
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- WOOD
- Height 25 cm.
from an inner coffin, carved from a dense hardwood (ebony?), with finely carved outlined lips, straight nose, eyes formerly detailed with pigment, and finely arched eyebrows, a square mortise beneath the chin for insertion of a beard, two rectangular mortises in back for attachment.
Provenance
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 24th-25th, 1970, no. 127, illus.
John Green, New York, passed within the family
Paul Frank, New York, acquired from the above (Sotheby's, New York, June 4th, 2014, no. 47, illus.)
John Green, New York, passed within the family
Paul Frank, New York, acquired from the above (Sotheby's, New York, June 4th, 2014, no. 47, illus.)
Catalogue Note
For a mask from the same period, the face painted black, compare Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 05.291 (http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/face-from-a-coffin-31).