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LOT 0344
Bronze Age Sickle
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (130 grams, 17.7 cm).
Of crescentic form with parallel raised ribs to the outer edges at the base, lateral spur to neck.
ProvenanceAcquired one the Austrian art market, 2000.
Ex Mr N.C. collection
European private collection.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number WG.283, for similar.
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LOT 0344
Bronze Age Sickle
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Bronze Age Rivetted Dagger
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Tapering blade with low mid-rib, butt extending to form a short tongue, originally probably containing three rivets. 111 grams, 17.8 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.
The bronze industries of the Near East were the first to create beautiful examples of personal equipment, especially weapons. Many of them came from the copper-rich areas of Western Iran, where tribesmen buried their dead according to local tradition, well equipped with weaponry, in small but durable stone-built tombs. -
Bronze Age Dress Pin Pair
Circa 800 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Each with a long tapering stem and a simple discoid terminal. 32 grams total, 15.5-30 cm
Ex private collection, Walton on Thames, UK, 1970s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page. -
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Bronze Age Sickle Blade
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
A lanceolate blade with ribbed detail on upper surface, plain reverse; a fixing peg formed from the casting sprue at the broad end. 138 grams, 16 cm
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
