1st century AD. A Romano-Celtic, fossiliferous limestone head of a youthful male with hair pulled down to fillet across the head, the hair below falling around the neck in deeply drilled curls; traces of fossils in the stone. See Henig, M (ed), Roman Sculpture from the Cotswold Region, with Devon and Cornwall, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Corpus of Sculpture of the Roman World, Great Britain, Vol. 1, Fascicule 7, Oxford, 1994. 4 kg, 20cm (8"). Private collection, Bath, Avon, UK. The head shows many similarities to Romano-British sculptures of deities, such as the hunter-god found in London, identified as the Celtic god Maponus, as well as sculptures found in the Cotswolds and the area around Bath. There was a flourishing school of sculptors based in the South West of Britain during the Roman period who supplied the large villas and temple sites with statues and reliefs and display a blend of Roman and Celtic styles.

Fair condition. Very rare.