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LOT 0181

Roman Agate Head of a Grotesque

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (41.5 grams, 44 mm).

Carved in the round with carinated profile, grotesque head with pierced nose furnished with a small gold ring; later added nose piercing.

Provenance

From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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.

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LOT 0181

Roman Agate Head of a Grotesque

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640

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