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Description : Bid with Confidence - Trust the Artemis Advantage: - 25+ years’ experience selling ancient and ethnographic art - Ancient items have been legally acquired, and are legal to sell - Accurate descriptions, accurate images, no hidden reserves - Artemis has its own Testing Lab on-site to ensure authenticity. Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca 1450 BCE. A large and very fine painted gesso and wooden mask, undoubtedly of a nobleman. Carved of cedar with realistic features with long curved nose, pursed lips and long false beard. Eyes are comprised of bronze brows and sockets with stone eyeballs in white and black stone. Small wooden dowels held this in place on the remainder of the wooden coffin. Size: 4.75 L x 7 W x 19.3 H (12.1 cm x 17.8 cm x 49 cm), 19.8 H (50.3 cm) on included custom stand. What did the false beard symbolize in ancient Egypt? In real life, Egyptian men were usually clean-shaven, however, pharaohs (whether male or female) wore false, plaited beards that resembled large braids. Although scholars have not figured out why they did this, some have suggested that the false beards linked the pharaohs to the gods. Provenance: private West Hollywood, California, USA collection, ex-private Santa Monica, California, USA collection, acquired in New York before 2000 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. IMPORTANT EXCEPTION We are currently unable to ship to Australia, Germany or Switzerland due to customs regulations. #179184
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