An Egyptian gilt cartonnage mummy mask
Lot 54W
An Egyptian gilt cartonnage mummy mask
Sold for £ 5,000 (US$ 6,643) inc. premium

Antiquities

23 Oct 2013, 10:30 BST

London, New Bond Street
Lot Details
An Egyptian gilt cartonnage mummy mask
Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C.
Polychrome painted on gesso, wearing a blue tripartite wig secured with a fillet adorned with an udjat eye amulet on the forehead, 14in (35.5cm) high, mounted

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Austrian family collection formed in the 19th Century. By descent to the research chemist, Dr Erwin Hoess (1909-1985).
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