An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Mask, 22nd/24th Dynasty, 944-716 B.C.
Estimate:
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Mask
22nd/24th Dynasty, 944-716 B.C.
with broad oval face, bow-shaped mouth with finely outlined lips, straight nose, and almond-shaped eyes with long eyebrows and cosmetic lines painted in black, the remaining central portion of the wig with tenon for attachment.
Height 20.3 cm.
Very good. Note shallow vertical splits across proper right temple and cheekbone, and along proper left cheek and corner of mouth. Deeper split running from top edge across proper left temple, cosmetic line, and cheekbone. Minor nicks and scratches overall. Vertical metal plate screwed to back and set into a flat metal base for display.
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Colonel Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (1827-1900), Rushmore Park, acquired from the above on March 17th, 1891
Sotheby & Co., London, February 24th, 1975, no. 125
Private collection, United Kingdom
Charles Ede, Ltd., London
acquired by the current owner from the above
RECORDED
Cambridge University Library, Pitt-Rivers 2nd Collection Albums, vol. II, p. 666, no. 1, including a watercolour of the mask.
PUBLISHED
Charles Ede, Ltd., London, Catalogue 190, 2015, no. 6, illus.