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LOT 0696
Roman Bronze Theatre Mask Mount
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (13.8 grams, 33 mm).
Domed mount with down-turned mouth and small almond-shaped eyes, hair parted at the middle and swept to the sides, stud at the rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an English private collection, 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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