FUNERARY MASK IN POLYCHROME WOOD Egyptian art, Late Period, 664-332 BC Mummiform coffin mask and breastplate depicting a man of red complexion, wearing a striped tripartite wig revealing his ears and a false beard. The torso is decorated in yellow with frieze motifs surmounting the kneeling goddess Nut, her wings outstretched as a sign of protection, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. Missing parts and fractures. Size: 93.4 x 36 cm Provenance: Former collection of Professor Martin Eduard Winkler (1893-1982), then by descent Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 14 December 2007: no. 523 (ill.) Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2008 Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2009, vol. XX, p. 84, fig. 189 P. Clayton, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 49, fig.31 M. Merrony, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, The Levett Family Collection, France, 2012, p. 26 Ancient Warfare, Karwansaray Publishers, Netherlands, 2013, vol. VI, issue 5, p.8 An Egyptian wood funerary mask, Late Period, 664-332 B.C.