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LOT 1707
Iron Age Celtic Limestone Head
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
8 in. (4.6 kg, 20 cm).
Carved in the round with low-relief almond-shaped eyes and scaphoid nose, mounting ledge to rear. [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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