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LOT 1568
Large Iron Age Celtic Spearhead
CIRCA 450 B.C.-50 A.D.
19 in. (550 grams, 48.1 cm).
With long slender leaf-shaped blade and short tubular socket.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market.
Private collection, Germany.
Ex Axel Guttmann collection and acquired through Hermann Historica in 2010.
Kept in the UK from 2016.
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