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LOT 0043
Greek Terracotta Mask with Helmet
6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
2 5/8 in. (93 grams, 66 mm).
A terracotta model male head with helmet and beard, exaggerated almond-shaped eyes, small pursed lips; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
with Hotel Drouot, Succession of Former collection Colonel W. Mutiaux, Paris, 5 September 1952, lot 66.
Ex collection of Eugène Muriaux (1846-1925?).
From the collection M.W., Paris, France, 1950-1970.
Ex collection of Françoise and Claude Bourelier.
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