ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Mummy Mask
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodRoman Period
Date1st - 2nd century CE
Credit LineGift of Joseph A. Lewis II and Sofi Lewis
Dimensions14 15/16 x 8 1/4 in. (38 x 21 cm)
Object number2013.043.008
Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007-2013Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 10 - November 11, 2018
Published ReferencesAsja Müller, Ägyptens schöne Gesichter : die Mumienmasken der römischen Kaiserzeit und ihre Funktion im Totenritual (Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2021), 334.
ProvenanceWith Archea Ancient Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands, acquired from Swiss art market. Ex coll. Harer Family Trust, San Bernardino, California, purchased from Archea Ancient Art, 1997. On loan to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (L-R 317.1997), Boston, Massachusetts, 2007 - 2013. Ex coll. Joseph and Sofi Lewis, United States, purchased from Harer Family Trust, 2007.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
3rd Century CE
722-332 BCE
167-30 BCE
722-332 BCE
30 BCE-323 CE
722-30 BCE
722-655 BCE
722-655 BCE
722-525 BCE
722-332 BCE
282-246 BCE
722-332 BCE
