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LOT 0144

Sold for (Inc. bp): £521

ROMAN BONE DOLL'S HEAD WITH EARRINGS
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (56 grams, 86 mm).

Carved in the round with tiered collars to the neck, hair swept back from the face and coloured with green pigment, low-relief facial features, pierced at lower edge for attachment; ears pierced and gold wire earring inserted.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION
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