{"product_id":"roman-egyptian-painted-plaster-mummy-mask","title":"Roman Egyptian Painted Plaster Mummy Mask","description":"\u003cp\u003eEgypt, Roman Period, ca. 1st–2nd Century AD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA  painted plaster funerary mask from Roman Egypt, preserving the face and upper head of a youthful individual. Modeled and hand-finished in stucco with painted eyes, a straight nose, and traces of stippled Roman-style hair, the mask once lay over the wrapped head of the deceased as a portrait substitute. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Weathered surface; edge losses, and surface encrustation; reverse hollowed as made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: New York private collection; ex Doyle auctions, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoman-period plaster masks served as a substitute for the head of the deceased, elevating the individual's status and continuing pharaonic funerary traditions in a new Roman-influenced style. Such masks often extended to form part of the coffin lid, on which the deceased appeared to recline with the head slightly raised. The adoption of Roman facial features and hairstyles reflects the blending of Egyptian and Roman culture in Middle Egypt and the Faiyum during the first two centuries AD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 7½ in. (19 cm) high; 11½ in. (29 cm) on custom base\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCf. S. Walker \u0026amp; M. Bierbrier, Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, British Museum Press, nos. 132 \u0026amp; 134, for closely related plaster masks of young men with inlaid glass eyes and stippled Roman hair.  Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mummy Mask of a Woman, Roman Period, A.D. 60–70, acc. no. 19.2.6, for the molded-plaster mask tradition.  Cf. The British Museum, painted cartonnage and plaster Roman-period masks, ca. AD 100–120.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673218736442,"sku":"17698","price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17698z.jpg?v=1783005489","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/roman-egyptian-painted-plaster-mummy-mask","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}