Lot 1254
A Portrait Head of a Youth, in Painted Stucco, from a Mummy. Roman Egypt, c. 1st-2nd century AD. As in the preceding falcon cartonnage, this too composed of a linen form upon which stucco was layered and painted. The portrait that of a young man, with large brown eyes, outlined in the Egyptian fashion. His headdress with a colored band framing the head, colored in segments of blue green and deep pink, with similar pink at mouth. Mask professionally consolidated and strengthened along the edges on the inside. The face with only minor restoration or paint touch up. Height: 8", on custom stand.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
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