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LOT 1767
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]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Boucher, S., Recherches sur les Bronzes Figurés de Gaule Pré-Romaine et Romaine, Rome, 1976, item 354, for type.
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