Phoenician Face Mask
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1st millennium BC. A clay mask of a male with short hair, heavy brow, pieced eyes, open mouth and beard; large ears and with suspension hole to the back of head. 404 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4") Property of a German gentleman; acquired 1980-1990. Terracotta masks and protomes form a rare category of Phoenician art that spans the Late Bronze Age through the first millennium BC without major chronological gaps. Most masks, and some protomes, have suspension holes at the top or along the sides. Masks dating to the Late Bronze Age are found at Hazor, Beth Shean and Gezer. By the seventh century BC some Levantine masks began to copy Greek attributes. There are Greek parallels for these masks, especially at the sanctuary of Artemis Ortheia in Sparta. [No Reserve]
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Fine condition.
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Phoenician Face Mask
Estimate £200 - £300
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