Bidspirit auction | Egyptian Faience Bead Mummy Mask


Egyptian Faience Bead Mummy Mask with Collar - Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Comprising a restrung panel of small glazed composition beads in various colours representing a mummy face mask with false beard and collar; framed and glazed. Cf. Manley, B., and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museum of Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, p.114, no.43, for a similar mask and collar. 556 grams, 27.5 x 28.5 cm (10 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.). Ex collection of Mr & Ms Fran?ois & Marion Reber - Burki, Rue des Beaux-Arts 10, Neuch?tel, Switzerland.Collected in the first part of 20th century by Mr F. Burki, father of Ms Marion Reber. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)