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LOT 0328
Bronze Age Decorated Bowl with Loop Handle
CIRCA 1000 B.C.
6 1/8 in. (182 grams, 15.2 cm wide).
With carinated profile, and flared rim, ancient riveted repair to central base; strap handle to rear over ancient crack, with evidence of previous repairs.
ProvenanceAcquired in Austria in 2000.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
See Claire Copper et al., Funerary and Related Cups of the British Bronze Age, Oxford, 2022.
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LOT 0328
Bronze Age Decorated Bowl with Loop Handle
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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European Bronze Age Tinned Bronze Strap Junction
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Formed as a disc with four flat spokes radiating from a hatched hub, with ring to the underside attached by four short posts. 30.2 grams, 50 mm
From the private collection of Mr J.L., Surrey, UK. -
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Bronze Age Ritual Limestone Slab with 'Astrological?' Drillings
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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). -
Bronze Age Coiled Ring
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
With coil-pattern disc bezel and plain hoop. 2.59 grams, 22.55 mm overall, 19.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
