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A HELLENISTIC MARBLE FEMALE MASK, EGYPT, 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Reference: ART600153

Gypsum plaster has been reported from a variety of ancient Egyptian context from an early period right through to Roman and later times. The use of gypsum plaster to patch, ornament and repair marble sculpture is well attested from the ancient world, particularly from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt.
38.8 by 33 cm.

PROVENANCE
Ex, Sothebys Auction, 3rd December 1991 lot nr 187