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LOT 2084
Celtic Style Stone Head
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (4.7 kg total, 18 cm including stand).
With incise outline to two lentoid eyes, drilled nostrils, crescent 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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