FEMALE FUNERARY MASK IN POLYCHROME STUCCO Egyptian art, Roman period, circa 2nd-3rd century AD A stuccoed and painted mummy plastron mask, depicting a woman with pink skin and black hair, her hands resting on her chest, holding a garland with her right hand. She is wearing a pink drape and is adorned with a bracelet and two rings. Restoration and missing parts. Size: 64.8 x 28 cm Provenance: Former private collection of Mr D. Vrontakis, Sweden, 1980 Bonhams, London, 26 October 2007: n°80 (ill.) Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: P. Clayton, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p.54, fig. 46 This type of hollow-moulded mask was placed over the face of the mummified deceased. During the Roman period, it replaced the pharaonic masks, along with the portraits painted on wood. An Egyptian stucco female funerary mask, Roman Period, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.