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Lot 187

A Romano-Celtic sandstone head of a woman

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Romano-Celtic sandstone head of a woman
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
With the hair centrally-parted and arranged in a schematic 'melon' style, with large angular eyes, a straight nose and small mouth, a spur behind for attachment to architecture, 20.5cm high

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Provenance
From the Estate of Stanley and Ingrid Clapham, London, circa 1926-2012.
Stanley J. Clapham was an architect and artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1959. He had a particular interest in church architecture and travelled on the continent drawing such buildings in the 1950s.

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