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LOT 1036
Romano-Celtic Bronze Statuette of God Sucellos
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (36.7 grams, 69 mm).
Modelled in the round with luxuriant hair and beard, bare-chested with a short kilt and belt; left arm extended straight and right arm bent upwards. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Boucher, S. & Tassinari, S., Musée de la Civilisation Gallo-Romaine à Lyon: Bronzes Antiques I. Inscriptions, Statuaire, Vaisselle, Lyon, 1976, item 120, for a more elaborate example of the type.
FootnotesSucellos was the Gaulish strong-man deity, usually shown with a hammer in his raised hand and a pot in the other.
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LOT 1036
Romano-Celtic Bronze Statuette of God Sucellos
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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