Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus Face Mask
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A carved wooden funerary mask with applied layer of gesso and painted detailing to the eyes and brows; lateral attachment pegs and hole beneath the chin. 964 grams, 28.5cm (11 1/4"). Property of a Cambridgeshire collector; previously in the Walter Steinberg collection since the 1970s, thence by descent.
Condition Report: Fair condition.
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Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A carved wooden funerary mask with applied layer of gesso and painted detailing to the eyes and brows; lateral attachment pegs and hole beneath the chin. 964 grams, 28.5cm (11 1/4"). Property of a Cambridgeshire collector; previously in the Walter Steinberg collection since the 1970s, thence by descent.
Condition Report: Fair condition.
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