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Lot 33

An Egyptian wood mummy mask

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian wood mummy mask
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Probably from a child's sarcophagus, carved with large, almond-shaped eyes and full pert lips slightly smiling, the wig partially preserved, 13cm high

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Provenance:
Josef Strobl collection, Cologne, 1971.
Senator Friedrich Kartenkaemper collection, Braunschweig, acquired in Germany in the 1970s; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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