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LOT 1524
Group of Bronze Age and Other Objects
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.-CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 6 1/8 in. (1.36 kg total, 4.5-15.5 cm).
Comprising: a Luristan macehead; European socketted axehead; Greek vessel handles; bracelets, and other items. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceThe macehead with Sotheby's, May 1993; the handles ex Horatio and Patsy Melas collection.
with Roseberys, London, 26 October 2021, the majority of no.12.
Accompanied by a copy of the Roseberys catalogue listing.
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Bronze Age South-Eastern Type Looped and Socketted Axehead
Circa 10th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Broad hexagonal socket with thick rim to the mouth, basal loop, curved edge with lateral spurs. 308 grams, 94 mm
Found near Alton, Farnham, Surrey, UK. Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Bronze Age Sickle Blade
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A lanceolate blade with ribbed detail on upper surface, plain reverse; a fixing peg formed from the casting sprue at the broad end. 150 grams, 17 cm
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s. -
Bronze Age Ceramic Vessel
Middle Bronze Age, circa 1000-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Squat jar with convex underside, caribated shoulder with incised ring, flared and everted rim, burnished surface. 778 grams, 20.5 cm wide
Found UK. 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.
