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LOT 0318
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bust of a Bound Captive
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (54 grams, 45 mm high).
The facial features carefully moulded with oversized, almond-shaped eyes and a rope around the neck; hollow to the reverse with a central iron mounting peg, the void filled with lead.
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
LiteratureCf. the anthropomorphic mount from Ancaster, Lincolnshire, recorded with the PAS under reference DUR-8474E1 and similar but less well-defined bust from Oswestry, Shropshire, recorded under CPAT-3E2E53.
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LOT 0318
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bust of a Bound Captive
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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