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LOT 1540
Iron Age Celtic Stone Head
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
12 5/8 in. (7.7 kg total, 32 cm including stand).
Sub-rectangular carved head with mount to the rear, elongated facial features, reserved disc eyes and wedge-shaped nose, slit mouth, rounded brow; 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. Jackson, S., Celtic and Other Stone Heads, Shipley, 1973, item 56, for type.
Footnotes
The cult of the human head was prevalent in the Celtic world, being associated with warding-off evil spirits and bearing of good luck.
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