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LOT 0352
Bronze Age Ceramic Vessel
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1000-800 B.C.
8 in. (778 grams, 20.5 cm wide).
Squat jar with convex underside, caribated shoulder with incised ring, flared and everted rim, burnished surface. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
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.
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Bronze Age British Tanged Chisel
Circa 3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With a flared blade and long neck; rectangular tang to the rear. 22.2 grams, 57 mm
Found near Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK. Property of a Shropshire private collector. -
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
10th-9th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With rectangular-section mouth, integral collar developing to five vertical ribs on each broad face, two lateral loops; vent to each broad face, remains at casting sprue at collar. 172 grams, 72 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
The form with two lateral loops is unusual. -
Bronze Age Sickle Blade
Circa 800 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With a sharply curving single-edged blade, grooved stem with a rectangular projection above for attachment to a wooden handle. 77 grams, 17 cm
Ex private collection, Walton on Thames, UK, 1970s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page.
