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LOT 1612
Bronze Age Decorated Bronze Bracelet
MID 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 in. (38.2 grams, 64 mm).
Lozengiform in section with tapering finials, panels of hatching to the outer faces. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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Bronze Age Loop Pendant
Central European, 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Discoid plaque with eccentrically placed circular void, ribbed neck and loop. 11.1 grams, 72 mm
From a 1990s German collection. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
European Pottery Vessel Group
Late Bronze Age, 1200-750 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: broad cup with single loop handle; bulbous pot with raised rim; smaller cup on a display base with old label 'Prehistoric Central European'. 480 grams total, 6.8-11.3 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. -
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
10th-9th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
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.