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LOT 0619
Graeco-Roman Bronze Appliqué in the Shape of an Actor's Mask
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (27.2 grams, 30 mm).
Modelled in the half-round, with grotesque facial features and scooped crescentic mouth, segmented beard; ferrous stud to reverse.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 0619
Graeco-Roman Bronze Appliqué in the Shape of an Actor's Mask
Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
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