IRON AGE CELTIC SANDSTONE HEAD 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. 8 5/8 in. (5 kg total, 22 cm high including stand). Carved in the round as a male head with triangular chin and jaw, broad square brow, lentoid eyes, reserved scrolled ears; mounted on a custom-made 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. Petch, M., Celtic Stone Sculptures, London, 1989, fig.1, 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. CONDITION
IRON AGE CELTIC SANDSTONE HEAD 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. 8 5/8 in. (5 kg total, 22 cm high including stand). Carved in the round as a male head with triangular chin and jaw, broad square brow, lentoid eyes, reserved scrolled ears; mounted on a custom-made 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. Petch, M., Celtic Stone Sculptures, London, 1989, fig.1, 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. CONDITION
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