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Lot 197*

A Roman bronze figure of a comic actor

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman bronze figure of a comic actor
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Depicted wearing a comic actor's mask and a tunic, seated on a plinth with his ankles crossed and his hands resting one on top of the other in his lap, 4.5cm high

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Provenance:
American private collection, acquired by Mr Allen Newman on 13 December 2000 and gifted to the current owner, who was at that time an actor on Broadway.
With Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2000.
Bonhams, 12 December 1996, lot 353.

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