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LOT 1627
European Two-Handled Pottery Vessel
LATE BRONZE AGE, 1200-750 B.C.
6 3/4 in. (676 grams, 17 cm wide).
Barrel-shaped in profile with chamfered rim and two lateral loop handles below. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
10th-9th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With rectangular-section mouth, integral collar developing to five vertical ribs on each broad face, two lateral loops; vent to each broad face, remains at casting sprue at collar. 172 grams, 72 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
The form with two lateral loops is unusual.
