Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from the Collection of Alan E. and Marianne Schwartz
An Egyptian Stucco Mummy Mask of a Woman, Roman Period, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Lot Closed
July 5, 02:13 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
An Egyptian Stucco Mummy Mask of a Woman
Roman Period, circa 2nd Century A.D.
wearing hoop earrings each threaded with three beads, her youthful face with black and white inlaid glass eyes, the double-braided coiffure terminating with a twist at the crown.
Height 20 cm.
Galerie Simone de Monbrison, Paris
Alan and Marianne Schwartz, Michigan, acquired from the above in January 1968
then by descent to the present owner
Published
Detroit Collects: Antiquities, checklist of the exhibition at the Detroit Museum of Art, 1973
Exhibited
Detroit Museum of Arts, Michigan, "Detroit Collects: Antiquities," March 14th-April 29th, 1973
Alan E. and Marianne Schwartz were committed philanthropists, collectors and civic advocates, whose legacy is felt deeply in their hometown of Detroit, Michigan. Their art collecting journey began as a result of Marianne’s study of art history at Wellesley and Barnard, and resulted in one of the most celebrated collections of Western prints in the United States (exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Art in 1990 as Master Prints of Five Centuries: The Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection). In addition to their prints, the Schwartz’ were enthusiastic collectors of Pre-Columbian art and antiquities in the 1960s. Sotheby’s is pleased to offer these works from the Schwartz collection, a number of which were exhibited in the Detroit Institute exhibition, Detroit Collects: Antiquities in 1973.
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