A ROMAN SOLID SILVER AMULET OF A (((GROTESK))) FACE

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A Roman Solid Silver Amulet Of A "grotesk" Face, Circa 1st-2nd Century A.d. Auction

A ROMAN SOLID SILVER AMULET OF A "GROTESK" FACE, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. Provenance: Esteemed European Collection Length:3cm

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Doestoevsky on the wall

Connoisseurs of Russian beauty could have foretold with certainty that this fresh, still youthful beauty would lose its harmony by the age of thirty, would "spread"; that the face would become puffy, and that wrinkles would very soon appear upon her forehead and round the eyes; the...

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