Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Property from an English Private Collection
An Egyptian Wood Mummy Mask, 21st/22nd Dynasty, 1075-716 B.C.
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December 8, 04:37 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an English Private Collection
An Egyptian Wood Mummy Mask
21st/22nd Dynasty, 1075-716 B.C.
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.
Height 24.5 cm.
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.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
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.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Sotheby’s, London, July 3rd, 2018, no. 71, illus.
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).