Celtic Bronze Rider Figure

IRON AGE, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (20.3 grams, 50 mm).

Modelled in the round, male with legs in a straddling pose, wearing a tight-fitting coat, left hand thrust forward and right arm raised; tunic spread out to the rear. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Boucher, S., Recherches sur les Bronzes Figurés de Gaule Pré-Romaine et Romaine, Rome, 1976, item 354, for type.

CONDITION

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