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Description : Roman Period, 2nd Century A.D Inlaid with glass eyes with pronounced dark blue rims and large black irises set in opaque white, with rose pink coloured skin, and a textured black painted moustache and beard, the remains of the hair arranged in three rows of curls, with traces of black pigment, 8in. (22cm.), repaired with restoration and over painting, mounted

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About the lot N° 59
Title : Egyptian Stucco Polychrome Mummy Mask
Notes : Provenance:Purchased from Frederick Schultz, New York, 1991Published:Sotheby's London, Antiquities, Monday 12th December 1988, lot 272Literature:For similar bearded portrait masks, cf. S. Walker and M. Bierbrier, Ancient Faces, Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt (London 1997) p. 133 and 143, no. 147 and 149

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