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LOT 1516
Western Asiatic Paddle-Shaped Axehead
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 in. (250 grams, 15.3 cm).
With a paddle-shaped, curving blade, a short neck, and an oval-shaped socket with a comma-shaped extension on the rear.
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1516
Western Asiatic Paddle-Shaped Axehead
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£600 (EUR 696; USD 810) +BP*
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2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Comprising a triangular blade with a broad midrib, a short neck and a square-section tang with a bent finial. 309 grams, 32.6 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Sword Blade
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Slender double-edged blade with raised midrib and short tang. 224 grams, 42.2 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Iron Open Socketted Splayed Axehead
Late Hallstatt-Early La Tene Period, circa 450 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Flaring blade with a rectangular-section folded socket. 155 grams, 84 mm
Ex M. Spiegelberg collection, since 1989-1992; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a previous yellow cataloguing slip.
