Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332-30 BC. A brightly painted in polychromy cartonnage mummy mask made from layers of linen covered with plaster. The idealised portrait of a deceased features a voluminous tripartite wig checkered in blue and gilt, and multicoloured striped pectoral. The rounded face and ears are gilded. The facial details are picked out in the same pigment as the wig, large eyes bear black pupils. The reverse of the mask is hollow to fit over the head of a mummy. For a similar see: The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Accession Number 28.243. Item comes with a professional historical report from Ancient Report Specialists. Piece is accompanied by the Art Loss Register Certificate Search no. S00218448.Size: L:500 mm / W:340mm / ; 2.5kgProvenance: Previously with Oxfordshire Collector M.D.; formerly in a collection of N.H., owned by descent; previously in an old Canadian collection formed in the 1970s.