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Counter – Mould

Late Period – Ptolemaic, circa 664 – 30 BC
Limestone.
H 13 cm

A counter-mould for making inlays. One side with two heads in profile and two female upper bodies with bent arm and hand held up, an area carved for the wig. The other side with four square recesses, a raised dome in each. Recomposed from two fragments.

Published

Auction sale catalogue Bonhams London, 21 October 1999, lot 394

Provenance

Old English collection.

Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.

Price
€ 2,400
Item
7135