Description
Mummy mask representing a woman with a golden complexion She is wearing a blue tripartite wig decorated with a falcon with spread wings, a frontal band of rosettes surmounting a oudjat eye and six pearls; the frontal locks are worked in relief. She wears earrings and a necklace in relief. Polychrome and gilded stuccoed canvas. Gaps, slight restorations. Egypt, late Ptolemaic period. Height : 30 cmm Provenance: - Donald Freese Collection, Illinois, acquired in the 1950s probably from the Susette Khayat Gallery, New York. A Park Bernett label (98) from the 1950s was on the original base. - Public sale in the USA in 2013, acquired by Martin L. Gerwick. - Acquired from him by the current owner in 2014. By attestation. An Egyptian Mummy Mask, Late Ptolemaic Period
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Mummy mask representing a woman with a golden complexion She is wearing a blue tripartite wig decorated with a falcon with spread wings, a frontal band of rosettes surmounting a oudjat eye and six pearls; the frontal locks are worked in relief. She wears earrings and a necklace in relief. Polychrome and gilded stuccoed canvas. Gaps, slight restorations. Egypt, late Ptolemaic period. Height : 30 cmm Provenance: - Donald Freese Collection, Illinois, acquired in the 1950s probably from the Susette Khayat Gallery, New York. A Park Bernett label (98) from the 1950s was on the original base. - Public sale in the USA in 2013, acquired by Martin L. Gerwick. - Acquired from him by the current owner in 2014. By attestation. An Egyptian Mummy Mask, Late Ptolemaic Period
