Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 250

An Egyptian gilt cartonnage child's mummy mask

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£6,000 - £8,000

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Antiquities specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist
An Egyptian gilt cartonnage child's mummy mask
Ptolemaic Period, circa 305-30 B.C.
Decorated with polychrome painted detail, the face gilt with black cosmetic lines and eyebrows, the eyes white with black pupils, wearing a blue wig with a red and white striped collar visible between the lappets, 25cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
UK private collection, acquired by the owner's father in the late 60s or early 70s. Thence by descent.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone with dedication inscription of King Lipit-Ishtar of Isin

A small Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone inscribed for King Sin-Kashid of Uruk

A Neo-Assyrian or Neo-Hittite bronze helmet with pelta-shaped cheek-pieces

An Attic pottery tankard with geometric decoration

A Greek pottery alabastron in the form of a greaved leg

A Greek terracotta female figure with a bird perched on her shoulder