An egyptian polychrome painted wood mummy mask . New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX, circa 1292-1185 b.c. Christie's Images Ltd. 2008

With accentuated green eyeline and brows, the fleshy lips with slight smile, nostrils hollowed out, wearing a patterned headdress with three central lotus petals and row of buds above the striped section of the wig, separately made false beard painted with a plaited design ending in an upward curved tip, mounted - 15 in. (38 cm.) high incl. beard - Estimate: £70,000 - £90,000 ($120,750 - $155,250)

Provenance: Formerly in a private collection, Paris, acquired from Hôtel Drouot in the 1960s.

Christie's. Antiquities. 13 October 2008. London, King Street  - www.christie's.com