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An Egyptian gilt cartonnage mummy mask and trappings 12
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7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£30,000 - £50,000
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An Egyptian gilt cartonnage mummy mask and trappings
Ptolemaic Period, circa 305-30 B.C.
The gilt face with blue brows and cosmetic lines framing the large up-tilted eyes, wearing a tripartite blue wig, the beaded collar visible between the lappets with a central winged scarab at the base, 37.5cm high; the broad collar section with finely painted rosette and other beads with falcon head terminals, approx. 43cm x 21cm; an openwork frontal section, painted at the top with a vignette of the mummy of the deceased on a lion-form couch with its canopic jars below, bewailed by Isis at the foot and Nephthys at the head, both named, a central column of text down the front reads 'A gift which the king gives Osiris foremost of the West, Great God of Abydos, the Osiris, Khes-net-keb(?), son of Padiamun, born to the lady of the House Tab(?)', the remainder of the text, unintelligible, 48cm x 16cm: an elongated rectangular strip in two parts with text reading: 'A gift that the king gives to Osiris, Foremost of the West, Great God, lord of Abydos, for the Osiris lord of Busiris, Wennefer, the Great God forever...of Isis Ta-di-ihet'; a segmented fragment painted with the goddess Nut, kneeling with outstretched wings, 27cm x 11cm; four panels depicting the Sons of Horus, Imsety, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef and Hapy, each approx. 14cm x 6.5cm: and two square panels with lamenting Isis and Nephthys, both named, on a red ground, both 7.5cm high; the hollow foot section painted at the top with a band of djed pillars and Isis knots, the small feet in beaded sandals, 17cm long, 14cm high (12)
Ptolemaic Period, circa 305-30 B.C.
The gilt face with blue brows and cosmetic lines framing the large up-tilted eyes, wearing a tripartite blue wig, the beaded collar visible between the lappets with a central winged scarab at the base, 37.5cm high; the broad collar section with finely painted rosette and other beads with falcon head terminals, approx. 43cm x 21cm; an openwork frontal section, painted at the top with a vignette of the mummy of the deceased on a lion-form couch with its canopic jars below, bewailed by Isis at the foot and Nephthys at the head, both named, a central column of text down the front reads 'A gift which the king gives Osiris foremost of the West, Great God of Abydos, the Osiris, Khes-net-keb(?), son of Padiamun, born to the lady of the House Tab(?)', the remainder of the text, unintelligible, 48cm x 16cm: an elongated rectangular strip in two parts with text reading: 'A gift that the king gives to Osiris, Foremost of the West, Great God, lord of Abydos, for the Osiris lord of Busiris, Wennefer, the Great God forever...of Isis Ta-di-ihet'; a segmented fragment painted with the goddess Nut, kneeling with outstretched wings, 27cm x 11cm; four panels depicting the Sons of Horus, Imsety, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef and Hapy, each approx. 14cm x 6.5cm: and two square panels with lamenting Isis and Nephthys, both named, on a red ground, both 7.5cm high; the hollow foot section painted at the top with a band of djed pillars and Isis knots, the small feet in beaded sandals, 17cm long, 14cm high (12)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Swiss private collection, Zurich, acquired in 1975, when the owners lived in Cairo, from 1974-1980.
Literature:
There is a similar example in the Brooklyn Museum (acc. no.12.911.2a-f).
Saleroom notices
Please note that the photograph in the catalogue was taken prior to subsequent conservation. Please ask the department for a condition report and additional images taken post-conservation when missing sections were repaired and consolidatad.