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LOT 1837
Iron Age Celtic Cornish Limestone Pillar with Three Heads
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
12 1/4 in. (6.14 kg, 31 cm).
Rectangular in section, obverse with three carved facing piriform masks, in low relief and inset; upper face dressed and chamfered, lateral faces crudely worked.
Provenance
Private Sussex, UK collection, acquired 1980s.
Private collection, Hove, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
See Henri de Gérin-Ricard Marseille, Le sanctuaire préromain de Roquepertuse à Velaux (Bouches-du-Rhône), Société de statistique d'histoire et d'archéologie de Marseille et de Provence, 1927; Green, M., The Gods of the Celts, London, 1993; Celtic Stone Sculptures, Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, 1989.
Footnotes
The intended effect may have been to replicate the huge trilithon with niches for heads as seen at Roquepertuse, France.
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LOT 1837
Iron Age Celtic Cornish Limestone Pillar with Three Heads
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
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