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LOT 0914

Roman Bronze Dionysus Attachment

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (90.7 grams, 40 mm).

Mask of Dionysus with vine leaves in the hair; hollow reverse filled with lead.

Provenance

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Boucher, S., Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971, item 298, for similar.

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LOT 0914

Roman Bronze Dionysus Attachment

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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