Lot Essay
For similar masks, cf. Henig et al., Classical Gems, pp. 241 and 254, nos. 522 and 547; also, cf. Christie's London, Antique Gems, 3 July 1854, lot 124.
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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
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A GRAECO-ROMAN GARNET THEATRICAL MASK
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
With the relief mask of a comic slave, with large mouth and raised eyebrows, his hair with incised details, in 19th Century ring setting
0.7 x 0.5 cm.; 1.7 cm. across inner hoop
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
With the relief mask of a comic slave, with large mouth and raised eyebrows, his hair with incised details, in 19th Century ring setting
0.7 x 0.5 cm.; 1.7 cm. across inner hoop
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