IRON AGE CELTIC MALE BUST 2nd century BC-1st century AD A bronze mount formed as a male bust with hanks of curled hair above a facing mask with lentoid eyes, triangular nose and slit mouth, raised chevron plaque to the chest; hollow to the reverse, mounted on a custom-made stand. 50 grams, 65mm including stand (2 1/2"). Fine condition, some surface pitting. Provenance Found Buckinghamshire, UK. Literature See Megaw, R.& V. Celtic Art. From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells, London, 1989, plate XVIII and fig. 241 for similar.
IRON AGE CELTIC MALE BUST 2nd century BC-1st century AD A bronze mount formed as a male bust with hanks of curled hair above a facing mask with lentoid eyes, triangular nose and slit mouth, raised chevron plaque to the chest; hollow to the reverse, mounted on a custom-made stand. 50 grams, 65mm including stand (2 1/2"). Fine condition, some surface pitting. Provenance Found Buckinghamshire, UK. Literature See Megaw, R.& V. Celtic Art. From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells, London, 1989, plate XVIII and fig. 241 for similar.
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