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LOT 0317
Celtic Sandstone Head of a Deity
IRON AGE, 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
11 3/4 in. (10.54 kg total, 30 cm high including stand).
Heater-shaped in profile with reserved low-relief brow, vertical bar nose, shallow socket mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired between the 1970s and 1980s.
From the private collection of John Watson, Cambridge, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Celtic Enamelled Bronze Mount
Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Discoid La Tène mount with a 'figure-of-eight' motif on a blue enamelled background with details picked out in red; stud on the reverse. 17.15 grams, 29 mm
Found Ludford, Lincolnshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Celtic Bronze Boar Statuette
Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Modelled in the round with notches to the ridged back, sockets to the eyes, coiled tail. 98 grams, 50 mm
From the collection of a Hampshire, UK, gentleman, established from the 1960s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Iron Age Enamelled Bronze Pendant
Kiev Culture, circa 2nd-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising two discs with three radiating lobes, red enamel infill, connected by a red enamelled triangular plaque to a thick suspension loop. 6.95 grams, 48 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s-1990s. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The Kiev archaeological culture was located in the basin of the rivers Dnieper and Visla between the 3rd and 5th centuries; archaeologists connect this culture with the historical ancestors of the Slavs. However, there are suggestions that in different regions of the Kiev culture the ethnogenetic processes were not the same. In some cases, the Slavic component prevailed, whilst Baltic and others were dominant elsewhere.
