A Wonderful Egyptian Cedar Wood & Gesso Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, 664-332 BC sub-Antiques 25 inches square

25 inches square

and increasingly difficult to find

Woburn Abbey’s three thousand acre deer park is home to nine species of deer

unlike in brown bears

through its style we can conclude it is either Italian or Austrian of descent

A Wonderful Egyptian Cedar Wood & Gesso Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, 664-332 BC sub-Antiques 25 inches squareOrigin: Egyptian Period: Late Period Provenance: Ex Steinberg collection; acquired London art market, 1960s 1970s. Date: c. 664 332 BC Height: 9 inches Weight: 384 grams Naturally proportioned, the large and rare Egyptian cedar wood sarcophagus mask hailing from the Late Period, 664 332 BC having four attachment dowels (one lacking) with a well defined face and fragments of the original gesso covering in situ. In fair to good condition the mask is