A Good 20thC Plaster Death Mask of a Bearded Gentleman sub-Antiques bought for $450 and sold

bought for $450 and sold for $10

The 450-year period of its conception has seen the picture become dirty

the polychrome painted Venetian wooden figure of a blackamoor modelled in standing pose with tasseled cap and necklace

being exclusively religious art

The condition of the sculpture is stable and good all round

A Good 20thC Plaster Death Mask of a Bearded Gentleman sub-Antiques bought for $450 and soldOrigin: Probably English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 10. 75 Depth: 4 Width: 5. 5 (at extremities) The life size thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask, well cast of a bearded gentleman, showing him in the serenity of passing, and of slender proportions and clean lines, surviving from the middle of the twentieth century and probably of English origin. In good original condition the mask remains in one piece