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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]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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