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Greek Bronze Head of a Grotesque Man Greek Bronze Head of a Grotesque Man Greek Bronze Head of a Grotesque Man Greek Bronze Head of a Grotesque Man Greek Bronze Head of a Grotesque Man Greek Bronze Head of a Grotesque Man
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LOT 0064

Greek Bronze Head of a Grotesque Man

3RD CENTURY B.C.

1 7/8 in. (67 grams, 48 mm).

Hollow-formed 'moneybox' with exaggerated nose and lips, small crescent-and-pellet ears, low-relief eyes with impressed pupils, small lock of hair to the scalp, vesica-shaped socket to the underside; pierced at the scalp and at the right ear.

Provenance

with Artemis Gallery, Munich, before 1998.
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2003.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12212-222320.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 196.

CONDITION
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LOT 0064

Greek Bronze Head of a Grotesque Man

Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)

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