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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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Western Asiatic Style Artefact Collection
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including a ceramic portrait disc, shabti and other items; after the antique. 340 grams total, 4.9-14.5 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. From a gentleman's private collection. -
Post Medieval Bronze Artefact Group
Circa 16th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including a large appliqué eagle with wreath, mounting studs to reverse, and other items. 80.8 grams total, 2.7-12.2 cm
Found Essex, UK. -
Elizabethan Period Gold Ring with Natural Diamond Crystal
Mid 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,925
Comprising a slender hoop with flared shoulders; the bezel formed as four intersecting scallops, with gussets to the underside and tiered collars below; inset octahedral diamond crystal. 2.72 grams, 21.96 mm overall, 16.47 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
From a 1980s family collection; thence by descent. Property of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12149-216359.
