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LOT 1608
Bronze Age Artefact Collection
1ST CENTURY B.C.
2 1/2 - 6 1/8 in. (124 grams total, 6.2-15.5 cm).
Including a sickle with swept cutting edge and other items. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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Large Bronze Age Decorated Grey Ware Burial Urn
Europe, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Of rounded biconvex profile with low rim to the mouth, incised hatched band to the shoulder. 1.76 kg, 27 cm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
European Bronze Age Spectacle Pendant
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Formed as a loop with one broader half, integral suspension bar with ribbed collar. 12.8 grams, 73 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s. -
Bronze Age Copper Flat Axe
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Formed with a rounded butt and slightly flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section. 226 grams, 12.5 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.