Complete mummy coffin from Egypt’s Late Period.The piece is in great condition with vivid original paint. Nice Isis on the front, with Anubis God of embalming under. Offering text from the book of the dead down the front.The whole coffin is rare in that it is completely covered with linen, gesso, then painted. Thus keeping the pigment sealed in the linen, and very bright.

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