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LOT 0320

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170

IRON AGE CELTIC BRONZE FIGURE OF A MAN
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-5TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (2 3/4 in.) (22.5 grams, 60 mm high (45.6 grams total, 71 mm including stand)).

Formed with right hand raised and left hand on the hip, standing nude, ovate face with impressed eyes and slit mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand.

PROVENANCE:
with the Prehistoric Museum, Dingle, Country Kerry, Republic of Ireland, until November 2018.
Ex K. Schmidt collection, Cologne, Germany.

Accompanied by an Irish export licence, no. 6570.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, University of Reading PhD thesis, 2010, item 172 (presumed deity from Banham, Norfolk).

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