Large Bronze Age Tanged Sickle Blade

KOBAN CULTURE, 12TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.

6 1/8 in. (110 grams, 15.7 cm).

Of crescentic form with thickening to the outer edge, spur and void to neck, attachment spike.

Provenance

Private European collection, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.

Literature

Cf. The British Museum, museum number WG.283, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 2009