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LOT 0864
Roman Bronze Mask Appliqué
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (56 grams, 42 mm).
With rounded fleshy face and hair in tiered bands, sockets to the eyes to accept silver inserts; diadem to the brow with foliage detailing; hollow to the reverse.
Provenance
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 290 (handle), for type.
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