An Egyptian polychrome and gilt cartonnage mummy mask, late Ptolemaic / early Roman period, circa 50 B.C.-50 A.D.
wearing a broad foliate collar detailed in relief, and tripartite wig decorated in front with a checkerboard design, the idealized face with full outlined lips and large eyes, the long extended eyebrows and cosmetic lines painted in the same Egyptian blue pigment as the wig
height 16 in.
40.6 cm
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wearing a broad foliate collar detailed in relief, and tripartite wig decorated in front with a checkerboard design, the idealized face with full outlined lips and large eyes, the long extended eyebrows and cosmetic lines painted in the same Egyptian blue pigment as the wig
height 16 in.
40.6 cm
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Time, Location
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