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LOT 1521
Bronze Age Solid Gold Earring
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (4.61 grams, 23.90 mm).
S-shaped with fine decoration, the finial formed of two large spheres, incised decoration above.
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 1521
Bronze Age Solid Gold Earring
Estimate £350 - 450€410 - 520 (for guidance only)$470 - 610 (for guidance only)
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Bronze Age Knife with Ribbed Handle
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
With a long single-edged blade, the handle with raised ribs decorated with incised hatching, looped terminal. 94.2 grams, 21.7 cm
Acquired in the 2000s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page. -
Bronze Age and Later Metal Artefact Group
2nd millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including cruciform and other brooch fragments, pots and other items. 473 grams total, 14-51 mm
Found UK. Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013. -
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Bronze Age Ceremonial Cup Stone Slab
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Irregular slab fragment with weathered upper face, cluster of seven cup-marks without surrounding rings. 50.6 kg, 57.5 cm
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.
The fragment plausibly represents one corner of an arrangement such as that at Tanum, Denmark (Milstreu & Dodd, 2018, fig.8) in which a cluster of shallow depressions forms a larger pattern. The depressions may have been used to collect dew or rainwater, visualised as a gift from the gods provided without human intervention, as well as for ceremonial uses.
