IRON AGE CELTIC BUST OF A DEITY 3rd-1st century BC A limestone head of a male deity, round head with pecked details to the top for hair; face with large lentoid eyes, flat nose and drooping moustache; thick neck to an irregularly shaped body. 10.98 kg, 29cm (11 1/2"). Condition Fine condition, features re-worked. Provenance Property of a Dutch collector; acquired on the European art market before 2000. Literature Cf. Jackson, S. Celtic and Other Stone Heads, Leeds, 1973, for discussion.
IRON AGE CELTIC BUST OF A DEITY 3rd-1st century BC A limestone head of a male deity, round head with pecked details to the top for hair; face with large lentoid eyes, flat nose and drooping moustache; thick neck to an irregularly shaped body. 10.98 kg, 29cm (11 1/2"). Condition Fine condition, features re-worked. Provenance Property of a Dutch collector; acquired on the European art market before 2000. Literature Cf. Jackson, S. Celtic and Other Stone Heads, Leeds, 1973, for discussion.
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