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This is the rating and price for Egyptian Corn Mummy In Falcon Headed Wooden Coffin, 2005



Description : EGYPTIAN CORN MUMMY IN FALCON HEADED WOODEN COFFIN, FROM THE LATE PERIOD, WOOD, LINEN, MUD, WAX, GILDING AND PAINT the black and gilded coffin contains a counterfeit ritual mummy comprised of mud, seeds and grain enveloped in linen bandages instead of actual human remains, ancient Egyptians moistened the seeds in a ritual ceremony in the belief that they would germinate and provide eternal life for the deceased - NOTE: -Art Loss Register certificate ALR Ref: 12047.WK certifies this lot has not been registered as stolen with The Art Loss Register. -The F.B.I. does not have this work listed as stolen in their National Stolen Art File h:19.50 w:6 d:6 in. Provenance: Egypt until the 1940's purchased in Egypt bought it back into the United States in the 1940's, after doing work in the country of Egypt (Walters Museum of Art 2005, p. 6, fn. 12) by Arthur I. Bloomfield (1927-1995) of Washington D.C., purchased from his collection by the present owner in 1996, first documented in 1997 by the Walters Museum, on loan, by the present owner, to the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Md. from 2004 until 2018, Private Collection Maryland Exhibitions: A Corn Mummy Decoded by Regine Schulz in The Journal of the Walters Museum of Art, vol. 63, 2005, Literature: A Corn Mummy Decoded by Regine Schulz in The Journal of the Walters Museum of Art, vol. 63, 2005,
Price: 117 000.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 45000 USD-75000.0 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 277
Title : Egyptian Corn Mummy In Falcon Headed Wooden Coffin, Period : 2005
Condition report : Condition reports are provided upon request but not included in the object description above. Kindly contact Potomack for condition notes.
Potomack Company, auctioneer It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Session 2 (lots 100-277): French Chateau 19th C. Furniture & European Fine Art
Sale date : 02 Feb 2019 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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