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Graeco-Roman Bronze Appliqué in the Shape of an Actor's Mask Graeco-Roman Bronze Appliqué in the Shape of an Actor's Mask Graeco-Roman Bronze Appliqué in the Shape of an Actor's Mask Graeco-Roman Bronze Appliqué in the Shape of an Actor's Mask Graeco-Roman Bronze Appliqué in the Shape of an Actor's Mask Graeco-Roman Bronze Appliqué in the Shape of an Actor's Mask
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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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