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LOT 1246
Bronze Age Ribbed Earring Pair
CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (15.6 grams total, 41 mm each).
Each formed as a penannular hoop tapering towards the terminals, the central lower body displaying a series of integral squat biconical ribs. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK collection, early 1990s and before.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
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Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
14th-12th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
The socket of tapering round-section form, leaf-shaped head with midrib to both faces extending almost the full length. 198 grams, 20 cm
Acquired on the EU art market around 2000. From the collection of a North American gentleman.
Bronze Age warriors often deposited personal equipment with the bodies of the deceased or as offerings in the rivers. Technological change was rapid: short daggers lengthened into rapiers and swords, axes developed new and more effective methods of hafting. More specialised equipment emerged, and small foliate spearheads were also present in the Koszider phase of bronzeworking. -
European Bronze Age Socketted Spear
12th-11th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Composed of a round-section open socket, narrow leaf-shaped blade with shallow groove. 228 grams, 28.5 cm
From a German collection, pre 1970. Ex North American private collection, 1980s. Surrey, UK, collection,1990s.
The shape of the blade resembles a willow leaf. Its widest part is situated in the middle of its length; the origin of this shape is still not very clear. It was probably invented somewhere in Anatolia or the Near East. In the Aegean it appears for the first time in LH II A, but this particular type in South-eastern Europe found correspondence especially with specimens from Lessura and Krichim, and are possibly of Balkan origin. -
European Bronze Age Decoratively Notched Arm-Ring
Circa 8th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
The annular ornament with round-section body and decoratively notched outer face. 134 grams, 13 cm wide
UK collection, early 1990s and before. Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
