The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 29, 2023

Mask

332 BC-AD395

Egypt, probably Greco-Roman period

(332 BCE–395 CE)

Wax

Overall: 10.7 x 6.7 x 3.5 cm (4 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/8 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.712

Location

not on view

Provenance
Said to be from Thebes, Wadi Qubbanet el-Qirud. Purchased from Joseph Hassan Ahmed, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
Citations
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 501; Mentioned: p. 501-2
Kritsky, Gene. The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt. 2015, 113. Mentioned: p. 111; reproduced: p. 113, fig. 12.7.
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.712