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LOT 1667
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.
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 Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Found East Anglia, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age Spiral Pendant Pair
Late Tumulus-early Urnfield period, circa 1400-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Two double spirals made of tightly wound round wire with a small loop in the middle for suspension. 72 grams total, 69-93 mm
Acquired in the 1980s on the Swiss art market. Swiss private collection Dr R.H. (1922-2007). This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age Silvered Shield Boss
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Discoid mount with flange border, carinated conical umbo and stepped centre with knop finial; attachment loop to reverse. 33.2 grams, 60 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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.