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Bronze Age Decorated Sickle Blade Bronze Age Decorated Sickle Blade Bronze Age Decorated Sickle Blade
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LOT 1800

Bronze Age Decorated Sickle Blade

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

7 in. (130 grams, 17.7 cm).

Of crescentic form with parallel raised ribs to the outer edges at the base, lateral spur to neck.

Provenance

Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2000.
Ex Mr N.C. collection.
European private collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. The British Museum, museum number WG.283, for similar.

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LOT 1800

Bronze Age Decorated Sickle Blade

Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)

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