EGYPTIAN WOODEN MUMMY MASK
EGYPT, LATE PERIOD OR LATER
£5,040
Auction: 31 May 2023 at 15:00 BST
Description
carved cedar wood, displaying a serene countenance, with large rounded eyes reccessed for original inlay beneath arched brows, broad nose, full lips displaying a subtle smile and beard wig, raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
31.5cm tall (unmounted)
Provenance
Provenance:
With Sayed Molattam (fl.1917-1977), Egyptian Museum Cairo Licence No.58, Luxor, Egypt, from at least the early 1970s.
Private Collection, France, acquired from the above in the early 1970s (accompanied by old signed undated document from the early 1970s and French cultural passport 228758).
Sold at: De Baecque, Drouot, Paris, 19th March 2021, Lot 106.