MALE FUNERARY MASK IN POLYCHROME STUCCO Egyptian art, Roman period, circa 2nd-3rd century AD A stuccoed and painted mummy plastron mask, depicting a man with pink skin and curly brown hair, his hands resting on his chest, holding a scroll on his left. He is dressed in pink, blue and orange coloured drapery and his eyes are inlaid with glass. Restoration and missing parts. Size: 54.5 x 29 cm Provenance: Former private collection of Mr D. Vrontakis, Sweden, 1980 Bonhams, London, 26 October 2007: n°81 (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. 45 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 male funerary mask, Roman Period, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.