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LOT 0548
Graeco-Phoenician Bronze Mask
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
2 7/8 in. (58 grams, 66 mm).
An oval convex mount depicting a mature man with a carefully arranged full beard, bushy eyebrows and a wide nose, with two rosettes on the brow. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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