AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED LINEN AND STUCCO MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN - photo 1

AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED LINEN AND STUCCO MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN

Lot 17
23.10.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1472692
Lot 17 | AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED LINEN AND STUCCO MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED LINEN AND STUCCO MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 225-250 A.D.
37 ¾ in. (95.8 cm.) high




Provenance

with Kamel Abdallah Hammouda, Cairo.
with L'Ibis Gallery, New York, acquired from the above, late 1960s-early 1970s.
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1978; thence by descent to the current owner.



Literature

M. Page-Gasser and A.B. Weise, Ägypten: Augenblicke der Ewigkeit, Mainz, 1997, pp. 311-312, no. 215.
K. Parlasca and H.G. Frenz, Ritratti di mummie, Serie B, vol. IV, Rome, 2003, p. 38, no. 678, pl. H,2 (image reversed).
L. Martin, A Study of the Painted Funerary Portraits from Roman Antinoopolis, PhD. dissertation, University of Oxford, 2009, cat. no. 63.
M. M. Abdel Hamid, “The Torches in Graeco-Roman Egypt: The Ritual and Practical Uses,” Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, vol. 16, 2013, p. 80, n. 28.
L. M. Jimenez, Transfiguring the Dead: The Iconography, Commemorative Use, and Materiality of Mummy Shrouds from Roman Egypt, PhD. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 2014, pp. 625-626, no. 81.
J. Ortiz-García, Tejidos para la Divina Muerte: Los Sudarios Pintado con Retrato y Escenas Religiosas del Egipto Romano, Phd. Dissertation, Universitat de València, 2015, p. 416, no. 9, pl. 2.81b.



Exhibited

Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig and Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Ägypten: Augenblicke der Ewigkeit, 18 March 1997-11 January 1998.
Applied technique:Wax
Medium:Acrylic glass, Gilding, Linen, Plastic, Textile
Art style:Ancient Art
Place of origin:Egypt, Africa, Roman Empire
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities
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