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ROMAN BRONZE MASK APPLIQUé
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (56 grams, 42 mm).
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (56 grams, 42 mm).
With rounded fleshy face and hair in tiered bands, sockets to the eyes to accept silver inserts; diadem to the brow with foliage detailing; hollow to the reverse.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 290 (handle), for type.
