An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Mummy Mask, 21st/22nd Dynasty, 1075-716 B.C.
Estimate
125,000 - 175,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
from an inner anthropoid coffin, carved in a fine-grained hardwood, the oval face with outlined lips deeply rounded at the corners, straight nose, and almond shaped eyes with long eyebrows and slightly flaring cosmetic lines, the eye inlay composed of blue and white glass with slightly recessed pupils painted in black, a mortise beneath the chin for insertion of the beard, a tenon above for attachment of the wig.
Height: 9½ in., Haut. 24.2 cm.
John Hewett (1919 - 1994) Collection, London
James Freeman Collection, Kyoto, acquired from the above in the 1970s
Willard and Elizabeth Clark Collection, California, acquired from the above on December 21st, 1980
Sotheby's, London, July 3, 2018, lot 70
Daniel Hourdé Collection, Paris, acquired from the above
For a related example with painted eyes and eyebrows see Sotheby's, New York, The Charles Pankow Collection of Egyptian Art, December 8, 2004, lot 71.
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