Fragment of a Terracotta Coffin Lid

Culture: Egyptian

Period: 20th dynasty, around 1200 B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 32.2 cm x 27.2 cm

Price: 3 200 Euro

Ref: 1378

Provenance: Private collection Christine Delangle, Paris. Inherited from the parents, who acquired the mask in the 1980s.

Condition: Fragment of beautiful quality.

Description: Terracotta fragment of a coffin lid with a stylized human face. The head tapering downwards with an angular jaw, large, protruding ears and bulging, semi-circular eyes. The mouth is formed to a smile. The face is framed on top by a headdress with horizontal grooves. Possibly from a necropolis in the Nile delta, maybe from a cemetery for Cypriot merchants in Tell Nebesha. See for the type the fragment in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest with the inventory number 84.128.A. As well as the coffin lid in the British Museum from Tell Nebesha with the registration number 1887,0101.1338. Mounted on a black wood plate for mounting on the wall.