CELTIC BRONZE DRAGON HEAD SPOUT Ca. 500 BC. A cast bronze finial of a rhyton in the form of a stylised dragon’s head with an elongated, pierced snout. The eyes are almond-shaped and deeply recessed, framed by sweeping ridges that curve back along the sides of the head. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: S. Moscati, I Celti, Edizioni Bompiani, 1989, p.266. Size: 55mm x 60.2mm; Weight: 49.4g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market before 2000.