Roman Period, 30 BC-323 AD. A polychrome gesso-covered wooden mummy mask with striped headdress held by a forehead band of red, blue and black detailing. See Fluck, C. & Helmecke, G., Burial Practice, in Fluck et al. Egypt: Faith After the Pharaohs, London, 2015, for a discussion of funerary practice in the Ptolemaic and Romano-Egyptian periods; also Taylor, J.H., Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, London, 2001.1.3 kg total, 37cm including stand (14 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; previously in a Canadian private collection prior to 1985; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10482-170360.