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LOT 0315
Large Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
KOBAN CULTURE, 12TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
8 1/8 in. (732 grams, 20.8 cm).
Substantial hexagonal-section neck developing to a thick blade with rounded edge and scooped underside; ellipsoid-section socket with three lateral ribs to each face, carinated knop to rear.
ProvenancePrivate European collection, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
See Nikoloz Gobejishvili, Interrelation of Colchian and Koban Cultures According to Burial Constructions and Funerary Customs (Late Bronze – Early Iron Age), in 'Spekali', Tbilisi, 2014.
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Bronze Age Decorated Bracelet
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Penannular type with thick median rib of scooped profile, transverse hatching to each end; ceremonially damaged at time of deposition. 140 grams, 73 mm
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Large Bronze Age Tanged Sickle Blade
Koban Culture, 12th-8th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Of crescentic form with thickening to the outer edge, void to neck, attachment spike. 135 grams, 18.5 cm
Private European collection, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
