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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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 Decorated Bowl with Handle
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
With a single loop handle rivetted to the body, rounded body decorated with raised bosses in two rows, short neck and everted rim; the dimpled base with decorative concentric circles. 202 grams, 17 cm
Ex private collection, Walton on Thames, UK, 1970s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12060-214203. -
Extremely Large Bronze Age Pin with Knop Finial
Central Europe, circa 8th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Round-section shank with bulb to the upper end with incised chevrons and ribbing, narrow neck, biconvex knop finial with median hatched band. 205 grams, 83 cm
Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2000. European private collection. -
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Bronze Age Sickle Blade
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
A lanceolate blade with ribbed detail on upper surface, plain reverse; a fixing peg formed from the casting sprue at the broad end. 138 grams, 16 cm
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
