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LOT 1247
Bronze Age Ceramic Ritual Vessel with Cup
4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 - 10 1/4 in. (2.65 kg total, 8.7-26 cm high).
Comprising: one large ritual vessel with ledge handles to the equator, pointillé ornament on the shoulder, substantial handle with thumb-pad above; a second, smaller vessel with squat body, broad neck and strap handle. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1988.
From an important deceased family collection by descent.
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Bronze Age Socketted Axehead Fragment
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade. 93 grams, 53 mm
Essex gallery, early 2000s.
The fragment belongs to a typical example of developed flat axe with expanded curved cutting edges and sides raised into slight flanges. Some specimens like this are representative of the early bronze age in Britain and Europe. -
Bronze Age Ceramic Ritual Vessel with Cup
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Comprising: one large ritual vessel with ledge handles to the equator, pointillé ornament on the shoulder, substantial handle with thumb-pad above; a second, smaller vessel with squat body, broad neck and strap handle. 2.65 kg total, 8.7-26 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1988. From an important deceased family collection by descent. -
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Composed of a collared oval socket with convex cutting edge, chamfered upper and lower edges. 227 grams, 98 mm
Acquired on the EU art market. From the collection of a North American gentleman.
