Roman pottery grotesque head
R60£185.00
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A head from a terracotta bald-headed figure with grotesque features.
Culture
Roman, 1st Century BC – 1st Century AD
Condition
Fragment as seen in the photographs
Size
4.5 x 3.2 cms, 8.2 cms including stand
Provenance
Ex. collection: Maurice Fallies, France (1883-1965) and thence by family descent. Fallies was an artist active in the early to mid 20th Century and known mostly for his paintings of Paris street scenes.
Mounted in the 19th or early 20th Century on an ebonised wood display stand