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LOT 1287
Bronze Age Gold Open-Ended Ring
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (4.22 grams, 25.12 mm overall, 20.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
With round-section shank and butted joint.
ProvenanceEx Alexander Cotton collection, Brockenhurst, UK, 1970s.
Private collection Surrey, UK, 2000s.
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Bronze Age 'Axel Guttman' European Bronze Rapier with Spirals
16th-14th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
With swollen tapering blade, finely incised with concentric rings and spirals at the top of the blade and extended parallel lines; pierced hilt for the fastening of an organic hilt; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 520 grams total, 43.5 cm high including stand
Ex Axel Guttmann collection, AG 1033. The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, 28 April 2004, lot 17. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no. 11829-207734.
From the middle of the 2nd millennium B.C., the bronze sword became the most efficient and feared weapon, as well as the symbol of an aristocratic warrior. -
Bronze Age Gold Hair Ring
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Flat in section and tapering to each end, coiled to secure a braid of hair. 1.01 grams, 12 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Bronze Age European Spearhead
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Leaf-shaped, with bevelled edges and lozenge-sectioned mid-rib, socket pierced twice. 211 grams, 37.4 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The shape of the blade resembles a willow leaf with its widest part situated in the middle of its length. The origin of this shape is still not very clear. It was probably invented somewhere in Anatolia or the Near East. In the Aegean it appears for the first time in LH II A, before spreading around Western Europe.
