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LOT 1925
Post Medieval Bronze Face Plaque
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (16.7 grams, 29 mm).
Flat panel with high-relief motif of a facing mask flanked by swirls of hair. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK, circa 2004.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Accompanied by an old handwritten dealer's ticket.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Brea, L.B. et al., Masks and characters of the Greek Theatre in the terracottas of ancient Lipara in Mediterranean Archaeology, 5/6, 1992, pp.23–31.
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