Large mummy mask, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 100 BC - 700 AD · Peru, Moche · ID: 3052945
Price
EUR 3,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 27 June 1987, lot 211Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 22,5 cm, B: 26 cm
H: 8.9 inch, B: 10.2 inch
Description
copper sheet, mounted on a green velvet-covered panel, rest. (right ear)
Such masks were placed or sewn onto mummy bundles as false heads. These are by no means individual portraits of the deceased, but rather so-called over-portraits that represent a particular era.
The object Large mummy mask, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 100 BC - 700 AD with the object ID 3052945 was part of the auction Auction 106 on April 25, 2026, lot number 70 at that time and is currently available for EUR 3,000 in Open sale.
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Notices
This object is subject to the Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).