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LOT 0276
Celtic Bronze Knife
IRON AGE, CENTRAL EUROPE, CIRCA 800-500 B.C.
9 7/8 in. (221 grams total including stand, dagger: 25 cm).
Leaf-shaped flat blade with a prominent midrib, set with a modern wooden grip and accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceGerman collection, Numisart, Munich, 1990s.
Ex John Lawton private collection, Surrey, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page, including provenance.
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LOT 0276
Celtic Bronze Knife
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£500 (EUR 580; USD 675) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £150
Comprising a narrow triangular blade with a thick midrib, curved lip to the rear edge on each side of a square-section tang with curved end. 275 grams, 52.2 cm
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Luristan Bronze Javelin Head
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising a slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade with midrib extending to a columnar neck with median bulb and dished collar; square-section tang with bent fish-tail finial. 215 grams, 45.5 cm
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £55
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