17th Jul, 2009 10:00 GMT/BST
Summer Catalogue Sale
601
A Carved Stone Fragment, thought to depict Sheela-Na-Gig, perhaps Medieval or earlier, the fragment
A copy letter with this fragment, dated 28th June 1968, includes a reference that the previous owner had a sent a photograph of the piece to Dr Raftery, Keeper of Irish Antiquities, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, who confirmed his belief that the figure is of Sheela-Na-Gig, one of the lewd, obscene figures which were carved from the early Iron Age onwards.
Sold for £500
Estimated at £150 - £250
See photograph - no written report available as this is an ancient fragment. 110609
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