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LOT 0754
Roman Bronze Medusa Mount Pair
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (31.3 grams total, 25.9-27.1 mm).
Each modelled in the half-round with copious hair framing the female face with winged diadem; hollow to the reverse. [2]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
See Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965.
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