ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SARCOPHAGUS FACE MASK
Ptolemaic period, 323-30 B.C.
carved and painted cedar wood, 9"h; 6"w
Prov.: The collection of a Massachusetts gentleman, purchased from Bernheimer's Antique Arts, Brattle St., Cambridge, MA. Bernhiemer's, more like a museum than a shop, was in existence from 1963 to 1992.
Surface paint loss. Most of the paint remains.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Realized: $500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 184 : ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SARCOPHAGUS FACE MASK
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