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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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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