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LOT 1159
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (239 grams, 96 mm).
A bronze socketted axehead with wedge-shaped chamfered cheeks, near-vertical cutting edge, raised rib to upper and lower face.
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
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Bronze Age Socketted Axehead Fragment
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A significant portion of a copper-alloy socketted axehead with a convex cutting edge. 124 grams, 50 mm
Essex gallery, early 2000s. -
Bronze Age Gold Hair Ring
3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
A spiralling gold hair ring with overlapping arms, each with an expanded central section. 2.72 grams, 12 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Bronze Age Coiled Spectacle Pendant Group
16th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
A group of three spectacle pendants, each composed of two coiled wire circles joined by a loop. 25 grams total, 51-53 mm
Early 1990s London collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
