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Bust portait of a woman with golden earrings.

Portrait of a woman

Egyptian

This highly naturalistic mummy portrait depicts a young woman with deep brown eyes, arched brows, and a long pointed nose. Her dark hair is pulled back with only a row of small curls framing her forehead. Her jewelry is simple: small gold double-hooped earrings, each with a pendant pearl. She wears a deep purple tunic with green shoulder bands and maroon clasps all over a white undergarment, visible only at the neckline.

Binder: Beeswax Pigments: Lead white, red and yellow ochres, carbon black, indigo, madder lake, green earth (celadonite), natrojarosite Support: Native Egyptian sycomore fig (Ficus sycomorus)

Roman Imperial period, Middle

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