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Outer sarcophagus mask, wig iconographic, forgeries, acquisition provenance, sarcophagus fragments, masks, faces. Sarcophagus mask with a flat fragment of a wig above the forehead. Elongated face, painted brown, high black eyebrow arches, black pupils filling almost the entire eyes, modeled mouth without marked lips. c. 747–332 BC; Late Period?, Egypt, forgery, A carved side profile of a human face rendered on a vertical rectangular block with a rounded top, showing a prominent nose, closed eye socket, and shaped lips; the surface appears textured and worn with chips and small areas of loss; the top portion is darker while the main face area is a reddish-brown with small patches of lighter wear and tiny spots of white; the background is a flat gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A05_452

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68.7Mo (1.6Mo) / 33.9cm x 50.8cm / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Outer sarcophagus mask wig iconographic forgeries acquisition provenance sarcophagus fragments masks faces Sarcophagus mask flat fragment wig forehead Elongated face painted brown high black eyebrow arches black pupils filling almost entire eyes modeled mouth marked lips c 747–332 Bc Late Period Egypt forgery carved side profile human face rendered vertical rectangular block rounded top showing prominent nose closed eye socket shaped lips surface textured worn chips small areas loss top portion darker main face area reddish-brown small patches lighter wear tiny spots white background flat gray.