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LOT 1245

Estimate
GBP (£) 250 - 350
EUR (€) 290 - 400
USD ($) 330 - 470

BRITISH BRONZE AGE LOOPED AND SOCKETTED AXEHEAD
12TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1/2 in. (300 grams, 14 cm).

With round-section barrel and two parallel ribs, flared cutting edge, small loop below.

PROVENANCE:
John Lawton collection, Surrey, UK.
London Mayfair gallery, UK.
Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019.

Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip with provenance.

LITERATURE:
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.19.

FOOTNOTES:
This very fine British specimen of Bronze Age axe still has the loop used for securing it to the wooden handle. This type has some features in common with a number of specimens from the Little Coombe Hoard (BM no.1894, 0803.4) and can be dated to the Late Bronze Age.

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