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LOT 1563
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bull's Head Mount
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (46 grams, 41 mm).
Modelled in the half-round with hatched fur detailing to the forehead, tiers to the horns. [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.
Cf. Leahy, K. & Lewis, M., British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme: Finds Identified, Witham, 2018, p.168.
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