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LOT 0726
Roman Terracotta Goddess Sherd
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (130 grams, 11.3 cm).
Moulded in the half-round female mask fragment with rim of vessel above; later pierced for mounting.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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