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LOT 1782
Celtic Style Stone Head
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
9 3/4 in. (3.6 kg total, 24.7 cm including stand).
Rectangular head, D-shaped in plan with thick brow and nose, reserved lentoid eyes, slit mouth; mounted on a custom-made 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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