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LOT 1312
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.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Boucher, S., Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971, item 298, for similar.
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LOT 1312
Roman Bronze Dionysus Attachment
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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