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Lot 92 - Auction 66

ROMAN BRONZE COMIC ACTOR STATUETTE 1st - 3rd century AD
Price realized:
800,00 GBP
Bids:
6

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Lot status:
Auction closed

Description

ROMAN BRONZE COMIC ACTOR STATUETTE
1st - 3rd century AD
height cm 7,5
Depicted seated, wearing the typical garb including a long-sleeved tunic fringed on the lower hem, with the head angled slightly to his left, enveloped in a comedy mask with a wide-open megaphone-shaped aperture, the actor's own mout, deeply-recessed eyes, exaggerated arching brows. The actor is depicted in the act of masturbation, a typical scene of this figurative repertoire. Untouched green patina.

PROVENANCE
English private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
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