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LOT 1585
Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axe Head
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 5/8 in. (262 grams, 11.7 cm).
Narrow blade and round-section barrel with raised raised ribs, ribbed collar and loop below.
ProvenanceAcquired on the Austrian art market, 2001.
Private collection, Europe.
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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Flat axe with sharpened square butt, flared body, rounded edge. 256 grams, 93 mm
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Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
11th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
With a prominent midrib extending to long flaring socket; a single hole to accept attachment peg. 82 grams. 17.5 cm
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Bronze Age Sickle Blade
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Of crescentic form with parallel raised ribs to the outer edge and vertical spur to neck. 43 grams, 13 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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.