ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADED MUMMY MASK
Late Period, Ca. 663-323 BC.
An ancient Egyptian face mask formed of faience beads. Composed of turquoise, cream, black and red faience glazed composition beads, with cream for the sclera, and green glazed cylinders for the attachment to form a face. In the Late Period it became the fashion for mummies to be adorned with a network of beads, attached to the wrappings of a mummy. The majority of these masks were influenced by the goddess Hathor for protective purposes.
Size: L:110mm / W:130mm ; 40.7g
Provenance: From an old British collection of Ancient Art formed in the 1990s on the UK and European art market.
Estimate: GBP 300 - 600