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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.
Provenance
Acquired 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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