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Iron Age Celtic Bronze Naked Male Figure Iron Age Celtic Bronze Naked Male Figure Iron Age Celtic Bronze Naked Male Figure Iron Age Celtic Bronze Naked Male Figure Iron Age Celtic Bronze Naked Male Figure Iron Age Celtic Bronze Naked Male Figure
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LOT 1539

Iron Age Celtic Bronze Naked Male Figure

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

3 3/8 in. (90.4 grams total, 86 mm including stand).

Modelled in the round nude male with arms bent, the left arm supporting a bundle; discoid pad to the rump, probably the point of attachment to a larger item; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [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.

Literature

Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 102, 103, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 1539

Iron Age Celtic Bronze Naked Male Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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