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This is the rating and price for A Wood Mummy Mask, 1882.0



Description : PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION 22ND/24TH DYNASTY, 944-716 B.C. height 12 3/8 in. 31.5 cm. wearing a smooth rounded wig passing behind the ears, a mortise beneath the chin for attachment of the beard, the finely carved face with outlined lips, the large almond-shaped eyes and the eyebrows recessed for inlay. PROVENANCE Georges Perrot (1832-1914), Paris NOTE The archaeologist Georges Perrot was professor at the Sorbonne from 1875, director of the École normale supérieure, Paris, from 1888 to 1902, and permanent secretary of the Académie des Inscriptions et des Belles-Lettres. Praised for his publication of Augustus' res gestae inscription in Ankara, Perrot edited and contributed to the Revue archéologique, and wrote, in collaboration with Charles Chippiez, a monumental Histoire de l'art dans l'antiquité (10 vols., 1882--1914), including a volume on Egyptian art, which served as an art historical reference work for several generations.
Price: 20 400.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 8000 USD-12000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 79
Title : A Wood Mummy Mask, Period : 1882.0
Size : height 12 3/8 in.
Sotheby's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 06 Jun 2006 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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