Estimation: €12,000/€15,000
Egypt
Late Dynastic Period , 663-332 BC
Fully canvas-covered, stuccoed and painted white, inlaid eyes. Parts consolidated and retouches of white paint in places
Height 54 cm ( 21 1⁄4 in )
Width 50 cm ( 19 5⁄8 in )
Depth 28 cm ( 11 in )
Former private collection Rothgangel Munich, Germany, acquired in Egypt before 1976, then by descent to the current owner
E.S. Edwards, A Handbook to the Egyptian Mummies and Coffins, London 1938
Carol Andrews, Egyptian Mummies, London 1988
Top of a sarcophagus lid depicting the face of a man with a white complexion, wearing a smooth tripartite wig, the eyes and eyebrows are inlaid in bronze and limestone, painted black.