Egyptian Mummy Bead Mask with Four Sons of Horus
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, two pairs of facing ‘sons of Horus’ figures beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads. 78 grams, 24cm (9 1/2"). Ex Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France, 1990s.
Condition Report: Fine condition.
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Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, two pairs of facing ‘sons of Horus’ figures beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads. 78 grams, 24cm (9 1/2"). Ex Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France, 1990s.
Condition Report: Fine condition.