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© Bruce M. White, 2022.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Gilded Cartonnage Mask

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodPtolemaic Period - Roman Period
Date1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
MediumCartonnage, paint, gilding
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions17 15/16 x 11 7/8 x 9 3/16 in. (45.5 x 30.2 x 23.3 cm)
Object number2018.010.127
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesJacques Mercier, Jacques Velliet, and Daniel Thullier [Hotel des Ventes], Lille, Rare Ensemble d'Objets de Fouilles et d'Archeologie (29 Mai 1972), lot 9.
Rune Nyord, "The Good Burial," in Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, ed. Melinda K. Hartwig (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), Figure 3.1.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 72.
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Jacques Mercier, Jacques Velliet, and Daniel Thullier [Hotel des Ventes], Lille, France, May 29, 1972, lot 9. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art