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The stone head from Mšecké Žehrovice: a reappraisal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ruth  and
Vincent Megaw
Ruth
Affiliation:
School of Humanities, The Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia
Vincent Megaw
Affiliation:
School of Humanities, The Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia
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This fine, and deservedly famous, ragstone head from Czechoslovakia makes an appealing piece with its delightful curling moustaches – ‘perhaps the closest that we have to Celtic self-portraiture’. This new study looks at the head in its context, and notes the pieces that may parallel it.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 237 , December 1988 , pp. 630 - 641
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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