Lot 1431
Painted Wooden Mummy Mask, Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, ca. 945-712 BC. A sensitively sculpted wood mummy mask from the lid of an anthropoid coffin, with areas of gesso and paint. The face has the classic wide white and black eyes, painted with thick black makeup and brownish-red pigment for the skin. He also wears a sort of hat that retains a bit of its original blue pigment. The mask retains six of its original dowels; pleasing expression. Measures: 29 X 22.5 cm.
Estimated Value $400 - 500.
Ex Bedelle Collection Boston, ca. 1967.
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