Fayum mummy portrait, male (circa 2nd Century A.D.), Bonhams

An Egyptian Fayum portrait of a young man
Roman Period, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Painted with encaustic on wood, the panel composed of several strips, depicting a youthful male with short brown curly hair, his head turned to the right to look outwards, the dark brown eyes with heavy lids, beneath thick arching eyebrows, with a long nose and full lips, wearing a white chiton with blue clavi, 13¼in (33.5cm) high, 16¾in x 10½in (42.5cm x 34.5cm) with frame, mounted
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Provenance:

European private collection, France and Switzerland, 1965. Accompanied by a conservation report.