A good-sized Egyptian wooden mummy mask, c. 664-30 B.C.

A good-sized Egyptian wooden mummy mask, c. 664-30 B.C.

Code: 2230

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Description: A good-sized wooden mummy mask, the surface weathered with loss of the original gesso and decoration. Three open dowel holes for fixing to the coffin, some cracks and lacunae on the right cheek, but sound and an inexpensive example.

Size: 270 mm/10.6 ins. high

Culture: Egyptian

Date: Late Period, c. 664-30 B.C.

Provenance: Ex Cheshire private collection, the collection assembled in the second half of the 20th Century.