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LOT 1516
Bronze Age Miniature Votive Palstave Axehead Collection
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 5/8 - 13/4 in. (11.7 grams total, 42-44 mm).
Group of miniature palstaves each with transverse lunate balde, raised lateral flanges to the shank. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 1516
Bronze Age Miniature Votive Palstave Axehead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead
Circa 8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Comprising of a wedge-shaped body and convex cutting edge, ellipsoid mouth and collar moulding; three raised moulded ribs to each face; D-shaped moulded loop to one edge; likely a South-Eastern variant. 73.2 grams, 59 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Round-Bottomed Terracotta Jug
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With broad mouth and everted rim, narrow shoulder, rounded underside, spur to the forward edge of the shoulder, strap handle to the rear. 553 grams, 16 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Bronze Age Copper Flat Axe
Circa 2000-1500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With lentoid-section, narrow rounded butt and broad curved cutting edge. 452 grams, 14.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
