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LOT 1789
Bronze Age Knife with Perforated Hilt
CIRCA 1300-800 B.C.
7 3/4 in. (8 in.) (158 grams total, knife: 19.7, 20.2 including stand).
With distinctive scooped blade and perforated hilt, originally hafted; some corrosion in places, end of hilt absent; mounted on custom-made stand with collector's label 'N13821'.
ProvenanceAustrian private collection, acquired in the 1990s on the art market.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00144926.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
Central Europe, late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Broad leaf-shaped blade with a gusseted midrib, lateral holes for attachment. 130 grams, 16.7 cm
Ex German collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Bronze Age Decorated Sickle Blade
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Of crescentic form with parallel raised ribs to the outer edges at the base, lateral spur to neck. 130 grams, 17.7 cm
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. -
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Bronze Age Child's Coiled Bracelet
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed of a single rod turned back on itself and coiled. 12.2 grams, 41 mm
Ex Surrey, UK, collection, 1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
