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LOT 0366
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Votive Altar with Bull's Head
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (140 grams, 68 mm).
Hollow-formed, trapezoidal in plan with three attachment holes above the thickened rim, three stub feet; broad face with pelletted bands to the edges, high-relief bull's head with fur detailing and whorl to the brow, curved horns. [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.
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