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LOT 0688

Romano-British Bronze Mask Mount

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (2 3/4 in.) (68 grams, 47 mm (185 grams total, 69 mm including stand)).

Hollow-formed female face with short wavy hair framing a soft rounded face with lentoid eyes; supplied with a display stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK, circa 2004.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

See Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 327, 328, for type.

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LOT 0688

Romano-British Bronze Mask Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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