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LOT 0358
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
CENTRAL EUROPE, LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (130 grams, 16.7 cm).
Broad leaf-shaped blade with a gusseted midrib, lateral holes for attachment.
ProvenanceEx German collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. 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; pl.10, p.18.
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LOT 0358
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Bronze Age to Post Medieval Artefact Group
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Found Tyne and Wear, UK. -
Large Late Bronze Age Decorated Grey Ware Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Squat in profile with rolled rim to the broad mouth, rounded underside, ledge to the inner rim, band of impressed points to the shoulder. 2.92 kg, 28 cm wide
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. -
Bronze Age Rib-Decorated Sickle Blade
Central Europe, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Of crescentic form with parallel raised ribs to the outer edges at the base, lateral spur to neck. 148 grams, 19 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA26; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
