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LOT 0635
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.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1992.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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