An Egyptian Wood Mummy Mask, 21st/22nd Dynasty, 1075-716 B.C.

from an inner coffin, carved from a dense hardwood (ebony?), with finely carved outlined lips, straight nose, eyes formerly detailed with pigment, and finely arched eyebrows, a square mortise beneath the chin for insertion of a beard, two rectangular mortises in back for attachment.

Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 24th-25th, 1970, no. 127, illus.
John Green, New York, passed within the family
acquired from the above by the present owner

Very good and as shown. Note vertical checks in the wood, small chip on wig, some flaking to pigment; extreme left and right side of wig broken off as shown; small chip at top back edge of wig; end of nose lightly scratched and worn. Old 1970 Parke-Bernet lot number adheres to the back, which is also checked. The unknown wood from which the mask is carved is very heavy.
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For a mask from the same period, the face painted black, compare Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 05.291.