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LOT 0275
Bronze Age Votive Sword Hilt and Upper Blade Section with 'Shooting Star' Decoration
1150-950 B.C.
9 3/8 in. (358 grams, 23.8 cm).
With a broad median rib and flared shoulder, grip with flange to each edge, five perforations for attachment of the organic components, engraved with a motif resembling a shooting star or comet.
ProvenancePossibly from the collection of relative Scott Langshaw Burdett (1896-1961), who served in the Great War as a Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment, was awarded the Military Cross, and later became Consul-General in Hong Kong.
From an old Sussex family collection since at least 1946, thence by descent 2011.
Cf. The British Museum, London, reference no.1898,0712.19, for a similar undecorated example ritually broken in the same place.
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LOT 0275
Bronze Age Votive Sword Hilt and Upper Blade Section with 'Shooting Star' Decoration
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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Bronze Age Ring with Scrolled Terminals
Early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising a flat-section penannular hoop with scrolled finials. 1.57 grams, 19.40 mm overall, 17.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Bronze Age Axehead Fragment Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Mixed group of fragments, including blade fragments. 778 grams total, 34-58 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Double Spiral Ring
Circa 1500-1100 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £100
Formed with two spirals of single wire flanking a ring composed of several coils. 21.96 grams, 56.64 mm overall, 16.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)
Private collection, Europe, before 1990. Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2001. Private collection, Europe.
