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).

CONDITION

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