A Wonderful Egyptian Cedar Wood & Gesso Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, 664-332 BC sub-Antiques Severn saw phrenologists as architects

Severn saw phrenologists as architects of the mind due to them studying “the mental and physical structures of individuals”

25 inches square

Woburn Abbey’s three thousand acre deer park is home to nine species of deer

with original label and the wooden shaft styled to imitate bamboo

of Italian 16th Century style though almost certainly created in the eighteenth century

A Wonderful Egyptian Cedar Wood & Gesso Sarcophagus Mask, Late Period, 664-332 BC sub-Antiques Severn saw phrenologists as architectsOrigin: Egyptian Period: Late Period Provenance: Ex Steinberg collection; acquired London art market, 1960s 1970s. Date: c. 664 332 BC Height: 9 inches Weight: 384 grams Naturally proportioned, the large and rare Egyptian cedar wood sarcophagus mask hailing from the Late Period, 664 332 BC having four attachment dowels (one lacking) with a well defined face and fragments of the original gesso covering in situ. In fair to good condition the mask is