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LOT 0702
Roman Terracotta Frieze Fragment with Face
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
7 3/4 in. (1 kg, 19.5 cm).
Comprising a circular medallion from an architectural frieze, representing a mask crowned by vegetable curls and volutes, the edges marked with a double line. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Millon Arts D'Orient.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
The medallion partially corresponds to some faces visible on the clay antefixes on the temple of Isis in Pompeii. The antefix was a roof covering element placed on the end of roof beams or as an occlusion of the terminal channels of the tiles in Greek, Etruscan and Roman buildings.
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