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Collector

Mason

fl. 1884

Collector, active in 1884. Bought from Sotheby's.

Life and work

  1. 15 May 1884
    Annotated in the 1884 sale catalogue as buyer of lots 1937 (a 'Roman senator' relief) and 1938 (the Tremetusha funerary stele), at 20 and 30 pounds, in the Lawrence-Cesnola sale at Sotheby's; both lots were offered again in 1892.

    LondonMasson 1996

Objects

  • Lot 1937: stone bas-relief of a draped 'Roman statesman or Senator', c. 1.1 m high; not identified by Masson

    15 May 1884Masson 1996

  • Lot 1938: funerary stele from Tremetusha (east of Athienou-Golgoi, near Arsos)

    British Museum15 May 1884Masson 1996

Sources

  1. 1.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online