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Roman utensil handle in the form of a female tragic mask
Bronze, mounted on mahogany back and base
Height (excluding base): 9cm
Museum number: MR64
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 426
On display: Model Room (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
Remains of the ornamentation of a curved bronze handle: a Female Trajic Mask. The mouth is open and the brow contracted; over forehead are the remains of reduced row of formal curls, and on each side of the face triple ringlets formally arranged. Above is the óykos, on which a number of raised edges converge to a common centre at the apex.
Similar to British Museum, Bronzes, no.1644, from which this description is drawn.
Similar to British Museum, Bronzes, no.1644, from which this description is drawn.
Provenance
Unknown; in Soane's collection by the time of the creation of the Model Room in c.1834. Soane describes the showcase containing small items MR42-MR68 in the Model Room in his 1835 Description.
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