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LOT 1666
Large Bronze Age Tanged Sickle Blade
KOBAN CULTURE, 12TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
7 1/4 in. (135 grams, 18.5 cm).
Of crescentic form with thickening to the outer edge, void to neck, attachment spike.
ProvenancePrivate European collection, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number WG.283, for similar
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LOT 1666
Large Bronze Age Tanged Sickle Blade
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Found Colchester, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export) From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. -
Large Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
Koban Culture, 12th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Substantial hexagonal-section neck developing to a broad blade with rounded edge and scooped underside; ellipsoid-section socket with three lateral ribs to each face, flared edge to rear. 458 grams, 18.5 cm
Private European collection, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Bronze Age Necklace Bead Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Including toggle-shaped type with openwork, biconvex and other types. 51.1 grams total, 12-34 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
