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Egyptian Polychrome Cartonnage Mummy Mask

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Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 664 BCE. A wonderful cartonnage mummy mask formed by layering linen panels within a face-shaped mold until a thick mask emerges. The front of the mask bears a distinct red hue across the surface that is accentuated with huge almond-shaped eyes with elongated exterior canthi, a petite nose, puffy lips, and thin brows, and a black chinstrap traces the cheeks and beneath the chin. The horizontally striped headdress sits low on the forehead and bears alternating black and yellow bands. The concave verso is slightly larger than the width of a typical human head since it had to account for the face of the deceased when wrapped in layers of burial linens. Size: 7.25" W x 8.75" H (18.4 cm x 22.2 cm); 11.5" H (29.2 cm) on included custom stand.

Ancient Egyptians believed it was of the utmost importance to preserve a body of the deceased, because the soul needed a place to reside after the death. Preservation of the body was done via mummification - a process involving the removal of internal organs that were placed in canopic jars, wrapping body in linen, and then embalming. Death masks like this example were created so that the soul could recognize the body and return to it.

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired in 2000s; ex-collection of Erwann Monti

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

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Condition Report: Repairs to areas of periphery, with resurfacing and light overpainting along break lines. Several stable fissures across painted gesso, with chipping and fading to original gesso and pigment, light encrustations within verso, and desiccation to linens commensurate with age. Great remains of original pigment across face.

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Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 664 BCE. A wonderful cartonnage mummy mask formed by layering linen panels within a face-shaped mold until a thick mask emerges. The front of the mask bears a distinct red hue across the surface that is accentuated with huge almond-shaped eyes with elongated exterior canthi, a petite nose, puffy lips, and thin brows, and a black chinstrap traces the cheeks and beneath the chin. The horizontally striped headdress sits low on the forehead and bears alternating black and yellow bands. The concave verso is slightly larger than the width of a typical human head since it had to account for the face of the deceased when wrapped in layers of burial linens. Size: 7.25" W x 8.75" H (18.4 cm x 22.2 cm); 11.5" H (29.2 cm) on included custom stand.

Ancient Egyptians believed it was of the utmost importance to preserve a body of the deceased, because the soul needed a place to reside after the death. Preservation of the body was done via mummification - a process involving the removal of internal organs that were placed in canopic jars, wrapping body in linen, and then embalming. Death masks like this example were created so that the soul could recognize the body and return to it.

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired in 2000s; ex-collection of Erwann Monti

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

#155657
Condition Report: Repairs to areas of periphery, with resurfacing and light overpainting along break lines. Several stable fissures across painted gesso, with chipping and fading to original gesso and pigment, light encrustations within verso, and desiccation to linens commensurate with age. Great remains of original pigment across face.

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