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LOT 0314
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
14TH-12TH CENTURY B.C.
7 7/8 in. (198 grams, 20 cm).
The socket of tapering round-section form, leaf-shaped head with midrib to both faces extending almost the full length.
ProvenanceAcquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.45 and 11.46, for the typology.
FootnotesBronze 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.
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Bronze Age Central European Axehead
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Opening Bid: £40
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Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
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Comprising two arrowheads with foliate head and square-sectioned tang and three awls. 46 grams total, 3.7-10.8 cm
Ex American collector, acquired 1980-2000. The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
The two arrowheads are similar to specimens found in Luristan. They belong to the type V of the Khorasani classification. The bow was widely used by the Luristan people. The shape of the blade is often flat or ovate in the cross section with lanceolate profile and two cutting edges. -
British Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead
12th-8th century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
With round-section barrel and two parallel ribs, flared cutting edge, small loop below. 300 grams, 14 cm
Very fine condition.
John Lawton collection, Surrey, UK. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip with provenance.
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