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LOT 0341
Large Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead
1200-800 B.C.
5 5/8 in. (435 grams, 14.2 cm).
With a gently curving cutting edge, flaring tubular socket with raised ribs, small loop to the thickened rim.
ProvenanceEx Alexander Cotton collection, 1970s.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page.
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Bronze Age Miniature Votive Palstave Axehead Collection
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Private collection formed in the 1990s. Acquired from a central London gallery. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Group of Antiquities and Other Objects
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Comprising a Middle Bronze Age Cypriot vessel circa 2000-1600 B.C.; a Bronze Age two-handled vessel from the Holy Land; a votive mirror frame; a bronze statuette of Victory, and other items; some items after the antique. 2 kg total, 1.9-12 cm
The Cypriot pot ex Leto Severis collection; the fragmentary pot ex Donald Simmonds collection; the bronze of Victory ex Michaelides collection. with Roseberys, London, 26 October 2021, the majority of no.13. Accompanied by a copy of the Roseberys catalogue listing. -
Extremely Large Bronze Age Pin with Knop Finial
Central Europe, circa 8th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Round-section shank with bulb to the upper end with incised chevrons and ribbing, narrow neck, biconvex knop finial with median hatched band. 205 grams, 83 cm
Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2000. European private collection.
