$56,195.55
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Date/Origin: circa First Century BC
Type: Object Of Antiquity
Material: Cartoonage
Dimensions: 45 cm
Description: Egyptian Mummy Mask. Helmet type, which was placed on the head of the mummy. The mask was made of cartonnage and was partly gilded and partly painted in polychrome. On top of the head a gilded amulet in the shape of the Eye of Horus and string of gilded beads are affixed, all executed three-dimensionally. On the chest a broad collar is visible, also gilded, consisting of a heart amulet, suspended from a chain and guarded by two seated deities, and several rows of beads.
Provenance: With Jean-David Cahn, Basel, 2015; before that Swiss private collection R.M.Zug; before that Swiss collection B.S. Schaffhausen, acquired before 2005.
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