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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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