Large Celtic Stone Head meditteranean Heads such as these were

Heads such as these were objects of ritual in the pre Roman Celtic World

but add to its ‘perfect imperfect’ look

A fabulous example of a Flemish 1680s Collectors/Table Cabinet

arrow lozenge shapes and rococo scrolls with fleur de lis surrounding the rim of the bowls

Still life featuring Dutch Delft lion plate

Large Celtic Stone Head meditteranean Heads such as these wereA dramatic large, deeply carved sandstone Celtic Stone head from the Iron Age or possible pre Roman Celtic Britain period. Heads such as these were objects of ritual in the pre Roman Celtic World. The deeply incised carved pinholes for pupils in the eye sockets served to represent a point of spiritual communication with the ritual object, and sometimes were filled with a coloured glass insert. In Celtic Britain and further afield many shrines were set