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An Egyptian Encaustic on Wood Mummy Portrait of a Girl, Roman Period, Trajanic, circa late 1st/early 2nd Century A.D. her hair combed back, braided, arranged in a broad bun on top of the head, and escaping in thin delicate curls over the forehead and temples, and wearing a purple chiton with black clavus visible, purple mantle falling from her left shoulder, reddish necklace with gold amulet case pendant, and bracket earrings with small pearls and other precious stones. 30.5 by 16 cm.

PROVENANCE said to be from the necropolis at er-Rubayat in the Fayum Theodor Graf (1840-1903), Vienna, acquired in Egypt in the 1880s Berlin Museums, acquired from the above's estate through Dorotheum, Vienna, 1928 Stadler Collection, Jestetten, Baden, Germany, acquired from the above in January 1929 Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1955 private collection, Zurich, probably acquired from the above

by descent to the present owners
Date circa late 1st/early 2nd Century A.D.
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