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LOT 0346
Large Bronze Age Decorated Grey Ware Burial Urn
EUROPE, 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 1/2 in. (1.76 kg, 27 cm wide).
Of rounded biconvex profile with low rim to the mouth, incised hatched band to the shoulder. [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 Spearhead
11th-10th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With rounded (unsharpened) edge, broad rounded point with a prominent stepped midrib and a wide socket with a fastening hole; high-tin bronze. 148 grams, 17.5 cm
Acquired in Germany in 2000. Acquired by the present owner from the above. -
Bronze Age Sickle
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Of crescentic form with parallel raised ribs to the outer edges at the base, lateral spur to neck. 109 grams, 16 cm
Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2000. Ex Mr N.C. collection. European private collection. -
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Bronze Age Ritual Limestone Slab with 'Astrological?' Drillings
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Rectangular worked stone block with one irregular edge; the thicker, dressed edge with a group of five drilled holes, possibly cup-marks, in a V-shaped formation. 65.7 kg, 65.5 cm
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.
Cup-marks, with or without surrounding rings, are among the most enigmatic signs which can be found widely across ancient European landscapes, most often in association with running water. Circular arrangements are one notable and recurrent feature, while straight lines and parallel rows are less frequently represented. The present stone most closely resembles the kind of feature found at e.g. Østergård, Risehøj, Østermarie on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea (Milstreu & Dodd, 2018, fig.15).
