Two terracotta roundels with theatrical masks

Before 1962, reputedly found in a tomb at Balikesir [Hadrianotherae in Bithynia], Turkey with three other tondos (Seeberg 1988, 121; for a plan of the tomb, see Mellink 1964, 164, 165, ill. 1)

[By 1964, with J.J. Klejman, New York]; [acquired by Peter Sharrer, purchased from J.J. Klejman]; 1974, acquired by David Daniels, purchased from Peter Sharrer; 1974-1999, collection of David Daniels, New York; [1999, acquired by Phoenix Gallery, Geneva, purchased through Christie’s, New York (lot 30)]; acquired in 1999, purchased from Phoenix Gallery, Geneva and New York.

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