Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a German Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SARCOPHAGUS MASK, 30TH DYNASTY/EARLY PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250-200 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 3, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
24,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a German Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SARCOPHAGUS MASK, 30TH DYNASTY/EARLY PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250-200 B.C.
from the lid of a large anthropoid sarcophagus, wearing a broad beaded collar and tripartite wig, the idealized face with mouth rounded at the corners, and almond-shaped eyes with long incised cosmetic lines and eyebrows in relief.
Height 55 cm.
Dr. Hans Hitzler, Bochum, Germany, acquired prior to WWII
by descent to the present owner
For a similar example see S. D’Auria, P. Lacovara, and C.H. Roehrig, Mummies and Magic, The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt, 1988, p. 193, no. 139.