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LOT 1519
Bronze Age Copper Flataxe
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/8 in. (127 grams, 81 mm).
With a gently curving blade and tapering profile. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a North Yorkshire, UK, collection formed since the 1980s; thence by descent.
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British Bronze Age Basal-Looped and Socketed Spearhead
1800-1500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A substantial leaf-shaped blade with lozenge-section midrib, small lateral loop to the base of each blade with lozengiform plaque; chip to socket. 93 grams, 12.9 cm
Found near Langley, Norfolk, UK. -
Bronze Age Decorated Sceptre Head
13th-11th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Composed of a high profiled tubular shaft with two long arms slightly inclining downwards; three collars to the shaft and a flat round disc to one end. 558 grams, 27 cm
Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2000, from Mr N.C. European private collection. -
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Bronze Age Ritual Limestone Slab with Drillings
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Rectangular worked stone block with one irregular edge; the thicker, dressed edge with a group of five drilled holes, possibly cup-marks, in a V-shaped formation. 65.7 kg, 65.5 cm
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.
Cup-marks, with or without surrounding rings, are among the most enigmatic signs which can be found widely across ancient European landscapes, most often in association with running water. Circular arrangements are one notable and recurrent feature, while straight lines and parallel rows are less frequently represented. The present stone most closely resembles the kind of feature found at e.g. Østergård, Risehøj, Østermarie on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea (Milstreu & Dodd, 2018, fig.15).
