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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
Pair Large Antique Silver Pheasants Model Bird Figurines Germany c. 1890
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive pair of Antique Silver Pheasants. These Model Pheasants have a lovely attention to detail and feature inset glass eyes....
Category
19th Century European Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Christopher Marvell, Sea Bird
By Christopher Marvell
Located in London, GB
Bronze Ed. 3/5
H42 x W67 x D48 cm
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
High Quality Amethyst Goethite Inclusions Resembling Rosettes
Located in London, GB
An unusual piece of high quality deep purple amethyst with large peaked
crystals. Inside the amethyst multiple goethite crystals resembling rosettes
can be seen. Several of the cry...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
1960s Terracotta Sculpture by Barbara Tribe from St Ives Cornwall UK
By Barbara Tribe
Located in London, GB
Terracotta sculpture call "TOTEM" signed and dated by Barbara Tribe, 1966.
Barbara Tribe (1913-2000) was a Australian-born sculptor who spent much of her life living and working in St Ives (Cornwall UK).
She was the first sculptor and the first woman artist to be awarded the coveted New South Wales Traveling...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
A Pair Of Napoleon III Patrinated-Bronze Figures by Victor Paillard
By Victor Paillard
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair Of Napoleon III Patinated-Bronze Figures, Modelled As Classically Robed Maidens Bearing Urns, by Victor Paillard.
The models attributed to Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1887).
Each with oval stamp 'VOR PAILLARD / FANTS DES BRONZE / A PARIS'
France, Circa 1865
Victor Paillard (French, 1805-1886)
Paillard first exhibited his work at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie in 1839. He had been experimenting with gilt and silvered bronze since...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A.W.N. Pugin Glazed Encaustic Monogram Tile by Minton & Co
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Minton & Co (stamped) glazed encaustic tile attributed to A.W.N Pugin.
This 6 inch square tile is adorned with the monogram ‘IHS' in bold text in buff clay on a deep red ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Blue Agate Pyramidal Cave Formation with Druze
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pyramidal formation with thick border of blue banded agate.
The central cavity resembling a cave with a floor of druzy quartz and calcite
crystals. Nascent stalactites ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Soft Lines in White, a ridged abstract glass sculpture by Maria Bang Espersen
By Maria Bang Espersen
Located in London, GB
‘Soft Lines in White' is a unique glass sculpture by the Danish artist, Maria Bang Espersen.
Maria Bang Espersen works around the idea that all things are malleable, like glass, and...
Category
2010s Swedish Organic Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze "Golden Pheasant" by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
A striking early 20th Century Austrian bronze study of a standing golden pheasant with vibrant cold painted colours and excellent hand chased surface detail, signed with the Bergman ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Victorian United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
White Onyx Polar Bear by Alfred Lyndhurst Pocock (Faberge Sculptor 1905-1915)
By Alfred Lyndhurst Pocock
Located in Newark, England
Onyx Polar Bear on a Rock Crystal Iceberg
From our Sculpture collection, we are thrilled to offer this White Onyx Polar Bear by Alfred Lyndhurst Pocock. The Polar bear beautifully carved with a naturalistic look finished with cabochon ruby eyes stood upon a natural rock crystal base simulating an iceberg. The Polar Bear was carved by the Faberge sculptor Alfred Lyndhurst Pocock (1882-1962) during the first half of the 20th century circa 1920.
Provenance this sculpture was owned by the family of Percy and Winifred Bottley. The Bottleys ran the gem dealership Gregory & Bottley from the 1930s (later Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd), and worked with Pocock supplying him with gemstones for his carvings. When Pocock died...
Category
Early 20th Century English United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Onyx, Rock Crystal
Pair of Antique English Oak Figures
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of antique English oak figures depicting a knight and a maiden.
These Georgian style sculptures depict handcarved details such as the maidens head dress, the knights armour a...
Category
18th Century English Jacobean Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Pair of 18th Century Grand Tour Roman Marble Bath Ornaments
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Exquisite pair of late 18th Century Italian Roman bath ornaments.
In Alabastro Bianco with silver gilt lion masks and paw feet.
On Rosso Antico and Porta Santa Rossa marble.
Circa 1790.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Mid-20th Century Frosted Glass Scorpion by Marc Lalique
By Marc Lalique
Located in London, GB
A surprising frosted glass figure of a scorpion with its tail raised, ready to strike its prey. The frosted glass surface with excellent hand finished detail, signed Lalique France
Additional information
Measures: Height: 7 cm
Condition: Excellent Condition
circa: 1950
Materials: Hand Finished Frosted Glass
SKU: 6008
DESCRIPTION
The Scorpion...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Glass
W Godwin Encaustic Stylised Tile on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A unique mid 19th century encaustic tile by W Godwin, Lugwardine (stamped) depicting a stylised dove.
The dove is captured in an unusual illustration with a neutral buff tone on a d...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Antique Grand Tour Carved Statuary Marble Plaque
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Grand Tour style carved white statuary marble plaque.
Dating to circa 1830, this elegant tablet depicts an expertly handcarved Neoclassical scene.
A woman reclines on el...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Derby Porcelain Figure of Neptune and Dolphin on a Shell, ca 1785
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning porcelain figure of Neptune with a dolphin standing on a sea shell, made by Derby around the year 1785. The figure is in beautiful original condition.
We have one other Neptune figure from 1765, please see separate listing.
The Derby Porcelain factory has its roots in the late 1740s, when Andrew Planché, a Walloon Huguenot refugee, started making simple porcelain toys shaped like animals in his back yard. In 1756 Staffordshire enameller...
Category
1780s English Rococo Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Brutalist Elm Totem Sculpture by Sebastien Touret, France
By Sébastien Touret
Located in London, GB
Large Brutalist Elm Totem Sculpture by Sebastien Touret, France
Dimensions : H 203 x 32 x 43 cm
The term brutalism — which derives from the French w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Brutalist United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Elm
Good Early 20th Century Leather Covered Rhino Model Sculpture
Located in Norwich, GB
An early 20th century leather covered model of a rhino, with glass eyes. Circa 1920.
A very good example, well modelled and showing lovely detail with the original patina, in untouc...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Glass
Parul 0.1, a walnut ribbed abstract sculpture with red interior by Donald Baugh
By Donald Baugh
Located in London, GB
'Parul 0.1' is a unique wooden sculpture by the British artist, Donald Baugh.
Donald Baugh was born in London and from the ages of one to eight lived in Jamaica with his grandparent...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
John W. Mills (1933-2023) Bronzed Sculpture of ‘Rolling Horse'
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A sculpture titled the ‘Rolling Horse’ by the acclaimed British sculptor, John W. Mills, signed twice to the tail.
Representing Mill's equestrian art collection, this bronzed resin ...
Category
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Resin
19th Century French Bronze Figure of Napoleon
Located in London, GB
An early 19th Century well-cast bronze statue of Napoleon in full uniform, standing on square socle with applied ormolu laurel leaf wreath, ending o...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Architectural Ceramic Water Fountains Sculptures Bronze Glazed 1960 Mobach
By Mobach
Located in London, GB
The sculptural head shaped water features hand-turned in ceramic, produced by Mobach in Utrecht during the 1960's. Mobach produced this unique mat bronze lustre glaze has a result of...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Individual in Yellow, a rich amber cast glass sculpture by Nina Casson McGarva
By Nina Casson McGarva
Located in London, GB
'Individual in Yellow' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist, Nina Casson McGarva.
Casson McGarva firstly casts her glass in a flat mould where she introduces all of the...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Early 19th C Classical Plaster Sculpture Flora Goddess of Spring Humphrey Hooper
By Humphrey Hopper
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fine and early to mid 19th century plaster depiction of Flora the Goddess of Spring, possibly by Humphrey Hooper
Flora, the Roman goddess of spring, through the chaplet of flowers...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Boy Golfer Lighter by Lorenzl, C1930
By Josef Lorenzl
Located in Devon, England
An Art Deco patinated at metal figural table lighter of Boy Golfer on an Onyx base. Made by the austrian sculpture Joesef Lorenzl.
The striker wand is miss...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Chrome, Spelter
Large columnar agate and amethyst formation
Located in London, GB
Striking large vertical presentation displaying vibrant purple amethyst bordered by a thick agate layer. One of a group of four impressive specimens. Pieces such as this are hard t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Amethyst quartz slice resempling murano glass / psychedelic colors
Located in London, GB
A spectacular large slice of amethystine quartz with green celadonite and orange citrine inclusions.
A beautiful oval slice expertly cut from a geode and polished on its facing si...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
19th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Lady by Moreau
By Hippolyte François Moreau
Located in London, GB
This alluring bronze depicts the full-length figure of a young lady who, swathed in draped clothing, looks downward toward a basket of flowers hung about her waist. The circular base...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Thick Deep Purple Slice with Snowballs
Located in London, GB
This striking circular slice preserves the end of a large geode. Lined with deep
purple, high peaked amethyst crystals, this wonderful piece is punctuated with
small calcites overl...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Black Lamellae, standing textured cast glass sculpture by Nina Casson McGarva
By Nina Casson McGarva
Located in London, GB
'Black Lamellae' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist, Nina Casson McGarva.
Casson McGarva firstly casts her glass in a flat mould where she introduces all of the beaut...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Mid 19th Century Animalier Bronze Study "Famille De Cerf" by P J Mêne
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
Excellent French mid 19th Century Animalier bronze group of a stag and doe in a wooded landscape exhibiting excellent hand finished surface detail and rich brown patina, raised on an...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Isabelle Faure Signed Illuminated Gold Butterfly Sculpture Light Brass and Agate
By Isabelle Faure
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredibly rare sculpture by world renowned sculptor Isabelle Faure, in hand worked brass and agate. The enormous butterfly spans over 80cm in diameter and the stunning agate wing...
Category
1970s French Brutalist Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Brass
Rare English Romanesque Limestone Capital on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This weathered English Romanesque limestone capital is centuries old, dating from the Norman era of the 11th and 12th centuries. Originating from Oxf...
Category
15th Century and Earlier English Medieval Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Full Size Wooden Carousel Goat.
By Daniel Charles Muller
Located in Nantwich, GB
Full size wooden carousel goat in the style of Daniel Charles Muller.
Punchinello carved into the back of the saddle.
Punch was one of the turn of the ce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Edwardian United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Judaica Porcelain Sculpture of a Rabbi
Located in London, GB
This large antique porcelain figure depicts a Jewish Rabbi with a siddur (prayer book). It is a charming piece of 19th century European porcel...
Category
19th Century European Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Amethyst Section with Cut Stalactite Eye and Calcite
Located in London, GB
A beautiful oval shaped amethyst section with deep purple amethyst and two
cut amethyst eyes near the centre. A small calcite to the right completes the
composition.
This piece ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
19th Century Dominico Brucciani Plaster Study Bull El Museo Nacional del Prado
By D. Brucciani and Company
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fine and early Dominico Brucciani plaster studies of a bull.
Very much in untouched original condition, with areas of loss mainly around the extre...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Tessellated Marble Perched Birds
By Maitland Smith
Located in London, GB
A pair of stylised tessellated marble and brass perched birds by Maitland Smith USA circa 1980.
Category
Late 20th Century North American United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pair Large Swan Statues - Royal Bird Garden Casting
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pair of large swan statues
Each measures 36 inches tall - 93 CM
Great for the garden and of course being bronze can live outside with no fear of rusting
Wou...
Category
1890s Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cold Painted Bronze Entitled "Bedouin with Camel under Palm Tree" by Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
A striking early 20th century Austrian bronze group of an Bedouin man standing next to his camel by the side of a palm tree on a naturalistic raised base, the saddle on the camel ope...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Enchanting Hemimorphite: Blue Stone Wonder from China
Located in London, GB
Immerse yourself in the captivating hues of this exceptional hemimorphite specimen from China. This unique piece showcases a mesmerizing gradient of colors, transitioning smoothly fr...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz
D. Brucciani (1815 – 1880) Antique Plaster Bust of Venus
By D. Brucciani and Company
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A mid-late 19th century antique plaster bust of Venus, Roman goddess of love and beauty, or her Greek counterpart, Aphrodite. This bust is signed ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paint
'Le Temoin' Stool by Man Ray for Gavina
By Gavina, Man Ray
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
Beautiful example in pristine condition, designed by Man Ray for Gavina's ultramobile exhibition.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Foam, Plywood, Faux Leather
Surf - Still Life with Crab, a Glass Still Life Art Work by Elliot Walker
By Elliot Walker
Located in London, GB
'Surf - Still Life with Crab' is from the British artist and Blown Away II series winner, Elliot Walker's ongoing body of unique still life artworks. Freehand sculpted in clear glass...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
John W. Mills (1933-2023) Large 'The Three Kings II' Bronze Sculpture
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large bronze sculpture titled ‘The Three Kings II’ by the acclaimed British sculptor, John W. Mills, stood upon an integral circular base.
As a part of his dancer series, this pie...
Category
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Figural Candelabra by Elkington, Mason & Co
By Elkington Mason & Co.
Located in London, GB
Pair of figural candelabra by Elkington, Mason & Co
English, circa 1860
Height 44cm, width 26cm, depth 20cm
This pair of three light figural candelabra is made of silvered-bronze. The candelabra take the form of a male and female figure in exotic dress...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Ametrine and Finger like Calcites
Located in London, GB
A spectacular amethyst cluster with two sets of unusual finger-like calcite
crystals on a bed of druzy quartz. The formation is a pleasing dark purple
colour with large peaks and i...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Magnificent Benin Oba And His Queen Cast Bronzes, Lost Wax Method, Nigeria
By People from Benin
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Outstanding Benin Oba and his Queen, Lost Wax 'Bronze' Sculptures from the late 20th century
Superbly cast and highly decorative contemporary pieces, not historical
The centuries ol...
Category
Late 20th Century Beninese Tribal United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Meissen porcelain group of lovers under a tree.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting Meissen porcelain group of lovers under a tree.
Blue crossed swords to the reverse.
Batch 81 N/H
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Sculpture, Sterling Silver Fox Model, 1935 Goldsmiths & Silversmiths
By Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1935 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this incredible, Sterling Silver Model of a Fox, is presented on a wooden plinth which has a vacant plaque, and is wond...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of silvered and gilt-metal 'Fleurs des Siècles' flower models by Gorham
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in London, GB
Pair of silvered and gilt-metal 'Fleurs des Siècles' flower models by Gorham
American, c.1975
Height 12cm, width 14cm, depth 10cm
These beautiful de...
Category
1970s American Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Agatised Multi-Windowed Geode
Located in London, GB
This heavily agatiised medium sized geode contains 6 “windows” from
which the beautiful amethyst interior can be appreciated. A spectacular
display piece.
This piece was legally...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
John W. Mills (1933-2023) 'Pommel Horse' Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A bronze figural tabletop sculpture titled ‘Pommel Horse’ by the acclaimed British sculptor, John W. Mills. Signed by the artist, this bronze is mounted on a domed and rectangular wo...
Category
Late 19th Century English Mid-Century Modern Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Fossil Paradoxides Acadoparadoxides Trilobite Surmounted Bronze stand
Located in Scorton, GB
THE FOSSIL STORE™ is a unique 1.3-meter-long Paradoxides acadoparadoxides trilobite plate of scientific significance. The one-piece fossil bed shale is now set into a rustic iron fra...
Category
15th Century and Earlier North African Prehistoric Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Iron
Early 20th C Austrian Cold-Painted Bronze Entitled "The Harvest" by J Lorenzl
By Josef Lorenzl
Located in London, GB
A fabulous early 20th Century cold painted bronze figure of a female Art Deco beauty in a running pose holding a large harvest of grapes under her arm, with fine colour and excellent...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Agatised Geode Slice with Rare Central Calcite Formation and White Quartz
Located in London, GB
Bordered by a thick, blueish agate layer, this wonderful slice preserves an interior
of large white quartz crystals with a prominent centr...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
19th Century French Earthenware Pig Sculpture from Bavent in Normandy
By Bavent
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A great looking late 19th century French pig sculpture in earthenware from Bavent in Normandy. The pig of different shades of white as well as its expressive look testifies to the quality of its craftsmanship. In perfect and original condition with a great patina.
The dimensions are:
Height: 29cm (11.4in)
Width: 52cm (20.5in)
Depth: 20cm (7.9in)
In good antique condition throughout with minor signs of age. The earthenware sculpture remain in good, clean condition. The antique pig...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
European Carved Limestone Celtic Votive Head of a Male Warrior
Located in London, GB
A Large European Carved Limestone Celtic Votive Head of a Male Warrior Wearing a Typical Flowing Moustache Small Beard and Curling Locks of Hair Stiffened with Lime Wash the Slit Mouth Open as if in Command
Circa 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD
Size: 31cm high, 22cm wide, 25cm deep - 12¼ ins high, 8¾ ins wide, 9¾ ins deep / 42cm high - 16½ ins high (with base)
From about 500 BC, first Greek and later Roman historians mention peoples living in a large area of non-mediterranean Europe as Celts. These classical chroniclers seem to have recognised these communities as having sufficient shared cultural traditions to justify their being given a common name, ‘Keltoi’ by the Greeks, and ‘Celtae’ or ‘Galli’ by the Romans. The earliest allusions to Celts by such Greek historians as Herodotus (485 - 425 BC) were followed by Polybius (200 - 118 BC) and Livy (59 BC - AD 17) who discuss the expansion of the Celts from their central European homelands during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. They document the presence of Celts in Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Asia Minor, specifically central Turkey. They testify to the successful Roman resistance to the Celts in Italy, after the ignominy of the sacking of Rome by them in 387 BC, and describe the huge defeat suffered by the Celts at the battle of Telemon in northern Italy in 225 BC. The Celts in Greece who sacked the sacred site of Delphi in 279 BC were defeated by King Antigonos Gonatas of Macedon in 278 - 277 BC and in Turkey by Altalus of Pergamon in 240 BC. The Celts in Spain fell under the shadow of Rome from 2nd Century BC and the Celtic heartland known by the Romans as ‘Gaul’ was conquered by the Romans under Julius Caesar in the mid 1st Century BC. Britain was not referred to as Celtic by the ancient historians, but Caesar recognised the close similarities between Britain and Gaul especially in their political organisation. Tacitus (55 - 120 AD) and others chronicled the conquest of Britain between 43 and 84 AD some mentioning the fierce nature of the Celts who went into battle naked.
Celtic art therefore belongs to an artistic tradition in the early history of Europe which is no less important than that of the classical world. Art was central to Celtic identity and was closely related to the objects which it decorated. The Celts were used to seeing art as an integral part of their everyday lives.
Provenance:
Ex Finch and Co...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
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