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LOT 1151
Bronze Age Gold Earring
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
3/4 in. (1.32 grams, 18 mm).
With a tapering round-section penannular hoop and domed disc to the centre.
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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Circa 1100-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Davis Group 11 type, comprising a leaf shaped blade with a chamfered edge, and two circular peg holes on both sides of the socket. 130 grams, 16.9 cm
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These kind of spearheads are similar to the spearheads found in Irish Late Bronze Age hoards of the Dowris period, although there are no channelled blades.
