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LOT 1839

Celtic Style Bearded Stone Head

20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

11 5/8 in. (6.95 kg total, 29.5 cm including stand).

Carved in the half-round with prominent brow, nose and beard, lips parted and tongue visible within the mouth; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

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LOT 1839

Celtic Style Bearded Stone Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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