Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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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.

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Lot closes

July 5, 02:01 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Starting Bid

3,000 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.