AN UNUSUAL BRONZE MASK-FORM FITTING
LATE 6TH/EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE MASK-FORM FITTING LATE 6TH/EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC Cast as a monster mask with protruding tongue and bulging eyes below a pair of ornate openwork horns formed by slender, twisting, spiralling dragons biting their own bodies, which have hooked projections and small circular cells for inlay, with an attachment pin projecting from the back, allover malachite encrustation 4 5/16 in. (11 cm.) long, box
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE MASK-FORM FITTING
LATE 6TH/EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE MASK-FORM FITTING LATE 6TH/EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC Cast as a monster mask with protruding tongue and bulging eyes below a pair of ornate openwork horns formed by slender, twisting, spiralling dragons biting their own bodies, which have hooked projections and small circular cells for inlay, with an attachment pin projecting from the back, allover malachite encrustation 4 5/16 in. (11 cm.) long, box
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