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LOT 1266
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 7/8 in. (151 grams, 99 mm).
Wedge-shaped cheeks with faceted upper and lower faces, roughly round-section socket with gently facetted collar and inverted rim; slightly convex cutting edge.
ProvenanceAcquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
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Bronze Age Socketted Axehead Fragment
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising the mid-section and partial socket of an axehead with loop to one edge. 193 grams, 67 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Bronze Age Pancake Ingot Fragment Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising four pieces of copper 'bun' ingot, two showing characteristic edge cross-section. 556 grams total, 28-58 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
These bun ingots were cast in shallow saucer depressions cut into rock where the copper ore was mined and smelted; they were then carried and traded across Europe before being broken up, melted down and having tin added to form bronze alloy; fragments such as these are frequently found as part of smith's hoards of, usually, worn out tools, weapons and raw material from the Late Bronze Age. -
Bronze Age Gold Open-Ended Ring
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
With round-section shank and butted joint. 4.22 grams, 25.12 mm overall, 20.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)
Ex Alexander Cotton collection, Brockenhurst, UK, 1970s. Private collection Surrey, UK, 2000s.
