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Egyptian Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, ca. 716 - 300 B.C., Egypt, Size: H: 22 cm (H: 8.7 inch), ID: 3046908
Egyptian Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, ca. 716 - 300 B.C., Egypt, Size: H: 22 cm (H: 8.7 inch), ID: 3046908 - 2/5 Egyptian Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, ca. 716 - 300 B.C., Egypt, Size: H: 22 cm (H: 8.7 inch), ID: 3046908 - 3/5 Egyptian Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, ca. 716 - 300 B.C., Egypt, Size: H: 22 cm (H: 8.7 inch), ID: 3046908 - 4/5 Egyptian Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, ca. 716 - 300 B.C., Egypt, Size: H: 22 cm (H: 8.7 inch), ID: 3046908 - 5/5
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Lot 107
Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction

Egyptian Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, ca. 716 - 300 B.C. ·  Egypt · ID: 3046908

sold EUR 2,200
Provenance
American Private Collection, New York (acquired in the 2000s)
Size
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch

Description

wood, gesso, polychrome pigments,
Wig with beetle atop, symbolig for rebirth.

These masks were not intended as portraits of their subject. Rather, they represented the idealized features of the deceased following his resurrection as a divine being in the afterlife.

The object Egyptian Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, ca. 716 - 300 B.C. with the object ID 3046908 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 107 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200.

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Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).

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