AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD MUMMY MASK

Lot 32
29.07.2020 18:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 700 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 32 | AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD MUMMY MASK
Estimate value
£ 700 000 – 900 000
AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD MUMMY MASK

LATE NEW KINGDOM TO THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 19TH-21ST DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-945 B.C.

Once set into a coffin lid or inner wooden cover, the wood covered by a thin layer of gesso and then painted red, overpainted in white for the sclera of the eyes and dark blue outlined in black for the eyebrows and cosmetic lines, the broad face sculpted with a slender, straight nose, the nostrils well detailed, the closed mouth slightly smiling, the vermillion line well defined.



8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm) wide

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