A Fragmentary Egyptian Polychrome Limestone Sarcophagus Mask, 30th Dynasty/early Ptolemaic Period, circa 380-250 B.C.

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December 17, 03:43 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

A Fragmentary Egyptian Polychrome Limestone Sarcophagus Mask

30th Dynasty/early Ptolemaic Period, circa 380-250 B.C.


from a large sarcophagus lid, part of the wig remaining.

Height 40 cm

John Henry Hirst (1888-1963), Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, acquired in Assiut in 1917
by descent in the family (Hartleys Auctions, Ltd., Ilkley, West Yorkshire, September 4th, 2019, no. 356, illus.)
acquired at the above sale
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