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LOT 1544
Iron Age Celtic 'Dorset' Stone Head
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (262 grams total, 10.7 cm including stand).
Carved stone male head with almond-shaped eyes, snub nose, prominent moustache; surface abraded due to prolonged immersion in a river; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Dorset, UK.
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. Ross, A., Pagan Celtic Britain, London, 1967, pl.14b, 16a, 19b, all for type.
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