ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Mummy Mask
Place CreatedEgypt
CultureEgyptian
PeriodRoman Period
Date30 BCE-323 CE
MediumPlaster, paint
Credit LineGift of Joseph A. Lewis II and Sofi Lewis
Dimensions7 3/4 x 7 x 5 in. (19.7 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Object number2011.043.002
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 6, 2013 - PresentPublished ReferencesAsja Müller, Ägyptens schöne Gesichter : die Mumienmasken der römischen Kaiserzeit und ihre Funktion im Totenritual (Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2021), 334.
ProvenanceWith Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, October 8, 2003, lot 43. Ex coll. Joseph and Sofi Lewis, United States, purchased from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC, February 3, 2008.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
3rd Century CE
200-30 BCE
282-246 BCE
664-525 BCE
1190-1077 BCE
ca. 2nd Century CE
30 BCE-323 CE
1st - 2nd century CE
722-30 BCE
722-332 BCE
664-525 BCE
722-332 BCE
