A Romano-Egyptian plaster funerary female head
Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.
The black gesso-painted face with inlaid white eyes with 'black' glass pupils, the short curly hair surmounted by a headdress, 21cm high
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Provenance:
Private collection, England.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 April 2000, lot 59, (part lot).
Private collection, Belgium, acquired from the above sale.

Much like the wax based painted mummy portraits, these plaster portraits give us a glimpse of the individual faces of the Egyptians and the Roman influences over their hairstyles and fashion. These faces would have been made from a mould with individual details added in later in paint, stone, or with additional plaster and gilding.
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