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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 Socketted Spearhead
Circa 1000 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With flared socket developing to a midrib with scooped ribbing in a leaf-shaped blade; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs, and casting flaw close to the mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand. 92 grams, 14.6 cm (152 grams total, 20.6 cm including stand)
Acquired on the German art market, from Gallery Christian Niederhuber, 2000. European private collection. -
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. -
Bronze Age Decorated Bowl with Handle
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
With a single loop handle rivetted to the body, rounded body decorated with raised bosses in two rows, short neck and everted rim; the dimpled base with decorative concentric circles. 202 grams, 17 cm
Ex private collection, Walton on Thames, UK, 1970s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12060-214203.
