A Wonderful Egyptian Cedar Wood & Gesso Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, 664-332 BC sub-Antiques unlike in brown bears

unlike in brown bears

and increasingly difficult to find

and by men trained in this singular family tradition

of Italian 16th Century style though almost certainly created in the eighteenth century

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A Wonderful Egyptian Cedar Wood & Gesso Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, 664-332 BC sub-Antiques unlike in brown bearsOrigin: 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