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LOT 1662
Bronze Age Flanged Flat Axe
CENTRAL EUROPE, 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/8 in. (340 grams, 13.5 cm).
With a curved blade, two flanges to the outer edge, crescentic-shaped butt.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe before 1992.
Ex Swiss collection.
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Large Bronze Age Tanged Sickle Blade
Koban Culture, 12th-8th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Of crescentic form with thickening to the outer edge, void to neck, attachment spike. 135 grams, 18.5 cm
Private European collection, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Bronze Age Grey Ware Jug
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Biconvex in profile with flared mouth and ribbed loop handle. 200 grams, 95 mm high
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
British Bronze Age Looped Palstave Axehead
1200-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A low-flanged palstave with a short 'squared' butt, a triangular blade with a convex cutting edge, deep lateral flanges, a stop and a median rib; loop to the side. 560 grams, 17.3 cm
From a Buckingham auction house, UK. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.