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LOT 1565
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bowl Mount
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (45.2 grams, 58 mm).
Piriform mask with centre-parted hair almond-shaped eyes, keystone-shaped nose and slit mouth; hollow to the reverse, three radiating pierced attachment lugs and loop above with hair texture. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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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