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LOT 0566

Greek Lead Actor's Mask Weight

CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.

1 in. (31.1 grams, 26 mm).

D-shaped and plano-convex in section with raised hair, lentoid eyes, large cup-shaped mouth. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

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LOT 0566

Greek Lead Actor's Mask Weight

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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