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LOT 2003

Heavily Patinated Celtic Style Limestone Head

19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

11 in. (11.45 kg, 28 cm).

A lifesize carved head with D-shaped face and prominent brow, sunken eyes and broad nose; tooling marks, shallow socket at each ear. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.
From the family home of a deceased Sheffield gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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LOT 2003

Heavily Patinated Celtic Style Limestone Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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