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LOT 1633
Large Bronze Age Awl Pair
EUROPE, 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 - 7 1/8 in. (65 grams total, 15.3-18.2 cm).
Each square in section, tapering and with a narrow flat tang. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Bronze Age Flanged Axe
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
A substantial wing-flanged bronze axehead with narrow straight blade and convex cutting edge, lateral rhomboid in-turned flanges meeting at the centre of each side; square butt. 280 grams, 16 cm
Ex German collection, 1990s. -
Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £56
With parallel-sided blade, slightly convex edge, scooped mouth with collar and lateral loop. 198 grams, 10.4 cm
Ex German collection, 1990s. -
Bronze Age Copper Flat Axehead
Britain, mid 3rd-mid 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Trapezoidal in plan with flared edge and square butt. 125 grams, 98 mm
Found East Anglia, UK. Acquired in Oxon, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA19; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
