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LOT 0180

Romano-British Votive Terracotta Mask of Silenus

3RD CENTURY A.D.

4 3/4 in. (101 grams, 12.2 cm).

A teardrop-shaped plaque bearing the head of a mature man in raised relief, his open mouth framed by long moustache and long, dressed beard, sunken small eyes and a prominent nose, wearing a striated headdress extending to the shoulders.

Provenance

Charles Winn (1795-1874), 8th Baronet of Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, UK; thence by descent.
with Christie's, London, UK, 1998, no.319.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 0180

Romano-British Votive Terracotta Mask of Silenus

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820

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