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Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1400-1150 B.C.
6 1/4 in. (535 grams total, 16 cm wide including stand).
Unlooped with long triangular flanges, raised mid-rib with expanding cutting edge; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
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.
LITERATURE:
See Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, pp.76-84, and figs.56-68, for similar types; cf. also MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 11.8.
FOOTNOTES:
This is a Norman type palstave, widespread in south-eastern Britain and dated to the Taunton-Cemmaes period (MBAII). These are often associated with high nickel content.
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