Gilded Cartonnage Mask

By Andy Flack

Linen, plaster and gilding AD 1-25. This mask covered the face of the mummy of a young man. It is a fusion of two traditions  – that of pharaonic Egypt and of the classical world. It combines a naturalist Greco- Roman style of depicting the hair and with more traditional depictions of Egyptian deities.

Published on 27 September 2017

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