AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD MUMMY MASK, 21ST/22ND DYNASTY, 1075-716 B.C. | An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Mummy Mask

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.

John Hewett (1919-1994), London
James Freeman, Kyoto, acquired from the above in the 1970s
acquired from the above by Willard and Elizabeth Clark on December 21st, 1980

As shown. Note losses to neck, vertical splits. Abrasions to nose and upper rims of the eyes. Losses to black paint on the eyes. Losses to glass inlays in both eyes and eyebrows. UV light inspection reveals a small patch of restoration to the paint on the lower lip.
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For a related example with painted eyes and eyebrows see Sotheby's, New York, The Charles Pankow Collection of Egyptian Art, December 8th, 2004, lot 71 (Sotheby's, New York, June 6th, 2006, lot 78).