Inv. n°: MMoCA207

Polychrome and gilt Cartonnage Mask

With a headband, sun disc, winged scarab, elaborate floral collar, and the god Osiris seated holding a crook and a flail.

h. 39 cm

Late Ptolemaic - Roman Period, 1st century BC - 1st century AD

Cartonnage, gilt

Provenance

  • Ex Hugh Stanley Russell Collection, Worcestershire, collection formed between the 1950s and 1970s
  • Acquired at Bonhams, London, 20th October 2005

Publications

  • Bonhams, Antiquities Sale, London, 20th October 2005, lot 68
  • Homes and Gardens Magazine, May 2010, p.67
  • P. Clayton, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p.54, fig. 43
  • Pharaon, le magazine de l'Égypte éternelle, February/March/April 2014, no. 16, p. 35
  • Ville de Mougins, "C'est quoi cette oeuvre?'", Mougins Infos, France, March/April 2020, no. 73, p. 25

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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