ID 1248351
Lot 35 | AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A MAN
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
ROMAN PERIOD, HADRIANIC, CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Galerie Orient-Occident, Paris, prior to 1981.
Acquired from the above in 1982.
Literature
M. Page-Gasser and A.B. Wiese, Ägypten, Unbekannte Schutze aus Schweizen Privatbesitz, Mainz, 1997, pp. 318-319, no. 221.
K. Parlasca and H.G. Frenz, Ritratti di Mummie. Repertorio d'Arte dell'Egitto Greco-Romano, Serie B, Vol. IV, Rome, 2003, no. 686, p. 40, pl. K,2.
Exhibited
Ägypten: Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, 1997; and Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, 1997-1998.
| Applied technique: | Painted |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Applied technique: | Painted |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Address of auction |
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