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LOT 1675

British Bronze Age Palstave Axehead

14TH-MID 12TH CENTURY B.C.

6 1/2 in. (441 grams, 16.5 cm).

Triangular flanges rising from the butt to the stop bar; a hollow to both faces below the septum; narrow body expanding to a wide triangular blade with slight flare at the tips. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the London, UK, art market.
From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, pp.76-84, and figs.56-68, for similar types; Rowlands, M.J., The Production and Distribution of Metalwork in the Middle Bronze Age in Southern Britain, Oxford, 1976.

CONDITION

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LOT 1675

British Bronze Age Palstave Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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