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LOT 0673
Roman Bronze Applique with Satyr
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (53.2 grams, 48 mm).
Modelled in the half-round, appliqué mask of a satyr with long shaggy beard.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Private collection, since the late 2003.
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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