Bidspirit auction | INTERESTING COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FUNERARY


INTERESTING COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FUNERARY ELEMENTS FROM A POLYCHROME COFFIN - Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC. A collection of wooden funerary elements, including: a coffin mask with a black-painted headdress, a red-painted visage, large eyes, protruding nose and incised mouth, and a pair of separate hands carved with long fingers and drilled attachment holes. For similar see: The National Archaeological Museum of Florence, inv. 2401. Size: 130-210mm x 65-170mm; Weight: 915g Provenance: From a private London collection; previously acquired in Paris, France; originally part of a private French collection based in Montpellier, assembled between the 1970s and 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.