Lotto 255
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An Italian Giallo Antico marble mask of the 'Medusa Rondanini', possibly late 19th century
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An Italian Giallo Antico marble mask of the 'Medusa Rondanini', possibly late 19th century

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An Italian Giallo Antico marble mask of the 'Medusa Rondanini', possibly late 19th century
After the Antique, modelled in relief, mounted above a stepped white marble plinth
19¼in. (49cm.) high overall
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This representation of the Gorgon Medusa, carved as a beautiful woman with wings in her hair and snakes about her neck, is considered to date back to the 4th century B.C.
John Broadman, Greek Sculpture, The Classical Peroid, Thames and Hudson, 1991, fig. 231.

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