Lot 6
Lot 6
ANCIENT ART FROM THE JAMES AND MARILYNN ALSDORF COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED LINEN MUMMY SHROUD WITH A PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN

ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Price Realised USD 225,000
Estimate
USD 200,000 - USD 300,000
Closed: 16 Jun 2020
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AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED LINEN MUMMY SHROUD WITH A PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN

ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Price Realised USD 225,000
Closed: 16 Jun 2020
Price Realised USD 225,000
Closed: 16 Jun 2020
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1718 in. (43.4 cm.) high
Provenance
with Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York (Inv. no. E697).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1975.
Literature
K. Parlasca, Ritratti di mummie, series B, vol. 3, Rome, 1980, p. 46, no. 591, pl. 141, fig. 4.
Exhibited
The Art Institute of Chicago, Grave Goods from Ancient Cultures, 9 November 1991-25 February 1992.
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