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THBHoly Land Pottery Anthropoid Sarcophagus Mask
Lot 32
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Near East, The Levant with Egyptian influence, early Iron Age, ca. 1500 to 1200 BCE. A rare find! Hand-molded from clay, this is a part of what would have been a rounded coffin lid bearing the naturalistic face of a man with pronounced almond eyes, eyebrows, and two large ears (one of which remains) that frame the face. The face is lifelike (though the ears are very large!), and he was probably modeled to resemble the deceased individual whose grave he represented. Size: 15.75" W x 13.1" H (40 cm x 33.3 cm); 14.3" H (36.3 cm) on included custom stand.
Anthropoid coffins came from the Egyptian presence in the Levant during the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, and are a unique synthesis of ideologies from the two locations. They have been found at cemetery sites like Beth Shean, Lachish, and Tell el-Far'ah, part of graves containing funerary offerings of ceramic, jewelry, and bronze that can be sourced to Cyprus, Mycenae, Egypt, Phoenicia, and Canaan, stressing the international nature of life in this area even during the ancient period. The Egyptian influence can be seen in the shape of the man's face, but it is still unclear if these coffins were meant for people of Egyptian descent.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex D.K. private collection, New York, USA, acquired from Barakat Gallery, Jerusalem, with a certificate stating that the mask was found in Jerusalem
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#155718This is a fragment from a larger coffin. The fragment has been repaired/restored from a few large pieces (two or three). This is very well done and unobtrusive. Nice deposits on surface.Condition
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