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LOT 1532
Bronze Age Copper Flataxe Group
CIRCA 2000-1500 B.C.
2 - 2 3/8 in. (127 grams total, 53-59 mm).
Each with a square butt and flared cutting edge. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
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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