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LOT 1754
British Bronze Age Awl
2150-800 B.C.
2 in. (12.7 grams, 51 mm).
The tang square in section with thick collar and conical spike below. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Ravensden, Bedfordshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-F3F652.
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LOT 1754
British Bronze Age Awl
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Large Bronze Age Awl or Drilling Tool
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Rectangular-section tapering bar with one end modified to form a slender spike. 21.4 grams, 13 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Double Spiral Ring
Circa 1500-1100 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £100
Formed with two spirals of single wire flanking a ring composed of several coils. 21.96 grams, 56.64 mm overall, 16.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)
Private collection, Europe, before 1990. Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2001. Private collection, Europe. -
Bronze Age Single-Handled Ceramic Cup Pair
Eastern Mediterranean, 1475-1250 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £165
Comprising: a broad ringware pithos with bifid handle, carinated rim, collector's labels to underside, small hole drilled at base; a similar squat pithos with narrow handle. 353 grams total, 14.7-22 cm
Ex Desmond Morris, between 1967-2001. with Christie's, London, 14-15 May 2002, no.44. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages.
