Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN PAINTED MUMMY CARTONNAGE WITH

EGYPTIAN PAINTED MUMMY CARTONNAGE WITH WINGED SCARAB - Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC. A painted cartonnage of rectangular form, depicting a large winged scarab with a sun disc above, set against a striped polychrome ground and framed above and below by colour-block borders. Framed. For similar see: W. Seipel, Gods - Men - Pharaohs. 3500 Years of Egyptian Culture. Masterpieces from the Egyptian-Oriental Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Exhibition catalogue, Speyer 1993, cat. 198 with illustration. Size: 350mm x 240mm; Weight: 560g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the German art market; Ex Collection Prof. M. E. Winkler, acquired in the 1950s and 1960s. For similar see: Museo Archeologicico di Firenze, inv. 2401 This item has a German export licence. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.