A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN THEATRICAL TERRACOTTA MASK, depicting a tragic heroine with open mouth and exaggerated high wavy coiffure, 2nd Century B.C./A.D.; three Greek terracotta female heads, one with hair bound in a sakkos, the others wearing stephanes; a bearded head of Dionysos, all mounted -- 2 in. (5 cm.) high max., all 5th-1st Century B.C.; two late Roman terracotta lamps -- 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long av., 5th-6th Century A.D.; a Roman bronze figure of Aphrodite, standing naked dressing her hair, feet missing -- 2¾ in. (7.1 cm.) high; and a Roman bronze finial in the form of a running hound -- 2.1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) long, both mounted, both circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. (9)

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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN THEATRICAL TERRACOTTA MASK, depicting a tragic heroine with open mouth and exaggerated high wavy coiffure, 2nd Century B.C./A.D.; three Greek terracotta female heads, one with hair bound in a sakkos, the others wearing stephanes; a bearded head of Dionysos, all mounted -- 2 in. (5 cm.) high max., all 5th-1st Century B.C.; two late Roman terracotta lamps -- 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long av., 5th-6th Century A.D.; a Roman bronze figure of Aphrodite, standing naked dressing her hair, feet missing -- 2¾ in. (7.1 cm.) high; and a Roman bronze finial in the form of a running hound -- 2.1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) long, both mounted, both circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. (9)

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