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THB6th C. Early Medieval / Late British Celtic Stone Head
Lot 26
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Early Medieval / late British Celtic, ca. 6th to 10th century CE. A skillfully carved stone bust presenting a dramatic visage comprised of large almond-shaped eyes, an arched browline, an aquiline nose, pursed lips, a cleft chin, and a full head of hair - with the neck rising from a columnar base. Earlier yet similar Gallo-Roman forms have been interpreted as representations of pilgrims worshipping or honoring the Gallo-Roman goddess Sequana. Perhaps those forms served as inspiration for this busts like this example. Size: 7" W x 11.5" H (17.8 cm x 29.2 cm)
A bust of a similar form was found among the votive offerings found at the site of a temple complex at the source of the Seine River in Dijon, France that included a statue of Sequana created some 2,000 years ago. According to scholar Elaine Sciolino, "A fictionalized 18th-century story about Sequana turned her into a proto-feminist survivor who escaped the clutches of a lascivious Neptune by transforming herself into the Seine River. (The Seine was initially called Sequana.) The story is woven into the ancient Greek myth of Persephone, who succumbed to Hades and had to spend much of her life trapped in the underworld. Unlike Persephone, who fell victim to her abductor, Sequana escaped." (Elaine Sciolino, "In Dijon, Where Mustard Rules, You Can Also Meet an Ancient Goddess" New York Times, October 5, 2019)
Provenance: private Coral Gables, Florida, USA collection; ex-private Burgundy, France collection, acquired from a Paris auction house in the 1960s
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#161002Surface with wear as shown. No repairs or restoration and a fine early example.Condition
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