Wood Sarcophagus Mask with a Tall Wig

Culture: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.

Material: Wood

Dimensions: 29 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 1199

Provenance: American private collection prior to 1948, since then in a family estate.

Condition: Fragment of beautiful quality.

Description: Wood sarcophagus mask with finely worked features. The mouth with full lips, the eyes almond-shaped with black eyelid lines, white iris and black pupils. The brows elegantly drawn above. Part of the skin-colored, yellowish coating still preserved. Above the face a high raising part of the wig with red and blue color remains. On the back the wood pins and a separately worked wood piece for mounting on the sarcophagus still preserved.