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LOT 1252
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 7/8 in. (227 grams, 98 mm).
Composed of a collared oval socket with convex cutting edge, chamfered upper and lower edges.
ProvenanceAcquired on the EU art market.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
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Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Composed of a collared oval socket with convex cutting edge, chamfered upper and lower edges. 227 grams, 98 mm
Acquired on the EU art market. From the collection of a North American gentleman. -
Bronze Age Rumbler Bell
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With incuse rib detailing to the open lower body. 42 grams, 41 mm
English collection, early 2000s. Ex central London gallery. -
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.
