Egyptian mummy netting, Late Dynastic-Ptolemaic Period c.664-30 BC
Faience
Dimensions: 55.4 x 12.4cm, (63 x 20 x 3.7cm with frame)
11576 TA
£ 1,800.00
Pale turquoise-coloured tubular beads in a lattice-work design. The central panel surrounded by a border of the same beads arranged side-by-side as a band. Restrung, but generally in good condition....
Pale turquoise-coloured tubular beads in a lattice-work design. The central panel surrounded by a border of the same beads arranged side-by-side as a band. Restrung, but generally in good condition.
Netting such as this was placed over the bandaged mummy, whilst those who could not afford this kind of ornament might have a design painted directly onto the wrappings.
Provenance
Bodo Bleß (1940-2022), Berlin, Germany; acquired c.1960 onwardsLiterature
Compare an example in two tones from the Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory, USA, object number 2018.010.2431
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