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LOT 1818
Life-Size Western Asiatic Style Bronze Mask
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 7/8 in. (1.3 kg, 22.6 cm).
Domed profile with pierced eyes, nostrils and several small piercings for the mouth, decorative panels on the forehead and the lower part modelled as a mask covering the mouth with scroll motifs. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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