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LOT 1655
Large Bronze Age Chisel-Awl
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 1/2 in. (136 grams, 26.7 cm).
Square in section tapering to a thick point at one end and a narrow blade at the other. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Bronze Age Sickle Blade
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Of crescentic form with parallel raised ribs to the outer edge and vertical spur to neck. 43 grams, 13 cm
Ex German collection, 1990s. -
Bronze Age Decorated Bar Neck Torc
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Round in section tapering to each end with hook finials, band of notching to the inner face. 185 grams, 20 cm
Ex German collection, 1990s. -
Bronze Age Long Looped and Socketted Axehead
Central Europe, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With square-section collared socket and rectangular cheeks and straight cutting edge, small attachment loop. 319 grams, 12 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA29; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
