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Lot 183

An Egyptian gesso-painted wood mummy mask

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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An Egyptian gesso-painted wood mummy mask
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
The green face with black eyebrows and extended cosmetic lines, and black and white eyes, wearing a blue striped wig, 28cm high, 15cm deep max.

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Provenance:
Private collection, acquired on the European art market in the early 1980s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 April 2010, lot 179.
Private collection, France, acquired at the above sale.

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