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LOT 0943
Roman Bronze Applique of Actor's Mask
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (38.8 grams, 38 mm).
Discoid with flange rim, central high-relief actor's mask with D-shaped mouth.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1992.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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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LOT 0943
Roman Bronze Applique of Actor's Mask
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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