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LOT 1607
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
5 5/8 in. (76 grams, 14.3 cm).
With flared socket developing to a midrib with scooped ribbing in a leaf-shaped blade; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market, 2000.
Private collection, Europe.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, item 37, for type.
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European Bronze Age Red Ware Jar
700-500 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Squat ceramic jar with reserved collar to the shoulder, hatched upper body with reserved red-pigmented triangles; label to inner 'Göllschau b/Haynau'; accompanied by old collector's catalogue note: 'Fundort: Göllschau b/Haynau Reg.per Liegnitz/Schlerien' and 'Rotbemaltes Ziergefäss / Hallstattzeit 700-500 obbr / Ausgang der [...]kultur'. 93 grams, 69 mm
Formerly in the collection of Dr.Siegfried Zimmer, Germany, found in Göllschau, near Haynau, Silesia. Private collection, acquired by M.A. in 2004. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
11th-10th century B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
With a prominent stepped midrib extending to the wide socket with opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs. 118 grams, 18.2 cm
Acquired on the German art market, 2000. Private collection, Europe. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Leaf-shaped blade with a raised mid-rib extending to a flaring socket with a rivet hole. 204 grams, 19.1 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
