Cartonnage Mask of a Woman

mid 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE (Late Ptolemaic-Roman)

26 cm 50.9 cm 14.3 cm

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Funerary masks of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods often had gilded faces that reflected the association of the deceased with the gods. This mask has been molded over a core, with layers of mud and linen. The decoration was applied in layers, with the gilding at the end. The ey...

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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