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Lot 1916
1250-600 BC. A bronze axehead with oval socket and knob to rear; the blade square in section with spatulate edge, bent over at right angles for use as an offering. 329 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Property of a North London gentleman; acquired from a private Cologne collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 1921
2nd millennium BC. A leaf-shaped sword blade with rounded tip and shoulders, bifid midrib extending to arched upper ribs, short tang. Cf. Branigan, K. Aegean Metalwork of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, Oxford, 1974, item 491. 507 grams, 49.5cm (19 1/2"). From a German private collection, Colgne. Fine condition.
Lot 1938
2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket, four ribs extending to spikes to the rear, curved blade with flange to the top and bottom edges. Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, item 47. 268 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). Ex Cologne private collection. Fine condition.
Lot 1940
2nd millennium BC. A large slender bronze dagger with leaf-shaped blade, flat-section grip with flange to each face to accept organic inserts. Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, item 42. 176 grams, 36cm (14 1/4"). From an important London collection, acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 1948
2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead comprising a tubular socket with thickened rim above mouth to the lower rim, D-shaped rear flange with median rib, narrow blade with curved edge. Cf. Godard, F. The Art of Iran, London, 1965, item 86. 244 grams, 12.5cm (5"). Ex Cologne private collection. Fine condition.
Lot 1953
2nd millennium BC. A large bronze dagger with lozenge-section tapering blade, flat-section ricasso, lower guard with lateral flanges and modern bone inserts to each face, waisted grip with flanged edges. Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, item 42. 259 grams, 38.5cm (15 1/4"). From an important private London collection; formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Fine condition, surface accretion.
Lot 1956
13th-6th century BC. A large bronze flange-hilted dagger with slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade, hollow grip with socket to each face to accept an insert and lateral flanges to retain it. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.381, Cat.13. 191 grams, 36.7cm (14 1/2"). From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market before 1970. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 1967
16th century AD. A knife with single-edge iron blade, bronze handle with barleytwist shank, lotus flower band to each end, panther-head pommel with chevron texture, gaping mouth and flattened ears. Cf. Allason-Jones, L. & Miket, R. The Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Newcastle, 1984, item 5.1 for type. 100 grams, 21cm (8 1/4"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Very fine condition.
Lot 1968
13th-6th century BC. A bronze adzehead with short tubular socket and flared blade, ribbed detailing to the upper socket, vertical ridge to the reverse. Cf. Godard, F. The Art of Iran, London, 1965, fig.97 for type. 403 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). Property of a North West London gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery in 1990. Fine condition.
Lot 1969
13th-6th century BC. A short bronze flange-hilted dagger with waisted leaf-shaped two-edged blade, hollow grip with socket to each face to accept an insert and lateral flanges to retain it. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.381, Cat.13. 134 grams, 26cm (10 1/4"). Property of a North West London gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery in 1990. Fair condition.
Lot 1976
14th-10th century BC. A large triangular Bronze Age spearhead with rounded tip, median ridge and round-section tang, rounded shoulders with thickened sections. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006, p.628, Cat.275, inventory no.25383/8380. 548 grams, 41cm (16.25"). From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market before 1970. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 1977
2nd millennium BC. A narrow bronze dagger with lentoid-section blade, crescentic lower guard, round-section grip with collars, rosette pommel. See Godard, F. The Art of Iran, London, 1965, item 90 for type. 240 grams, 33.5cm (13 1/4"). Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Fine condition.
Lot 1982
19th century AD. A bronze icon of the Virgin Kazanskaya and the infant Jesus, openwork panel and suspension ring above; two folding wings each with low-relief image of a mounted Saint Michael and Saint George, spearing a dragon to the inner face. 156 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Property of a European gentleman living in Northamptonshire. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 1984
12th-14th century AD. A bronze hollow-cast laver spout formed as a dog's head with D-shaped ears and angular muzzle, pipe issuing from the mouth; old collector's inked acquisition number '37' to the inner face. 111 grams, 82mm (3 1/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the London art market. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 1988
10th-14th century AD. A hollow-formed sheet bronze pendant cross with expanding arms; loop hinge to the lower edge, folded edges, applied triangular and cruciform plaques; hinged upper edge with triangular suspension hoop; old dealer's ticket. 120 grams, 22cm (8 1/2"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s; by repute found Nicomedia. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 1992
8th-10th century AD. A mixed group of bronze reliquary crosses comprising: an enkolpion with ring-and-dot detailing, hinged upper end, pierced suspension lug; a plate fragment from an enkolpion with four round recesses, facing image of a saint in robed with pellet detailing, legend 'o????C / [....]IO', hinge lugs above and below. 85 grams total, 83-89mm (3 1/4 - 3 1/2"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. [2, No Reserve] Fair to fine condition.
Lot 1993
14th-15th century AD. A flat-section bronze expanding-arm cross pendant with curved outer edges, band of ring-and-dot detailing to the border, central ring-and-dot, hexagonal pierced suspension lug with ring-and-dot detailing. 28 grams, 49mm (2"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
Lot 2000
6th-8th century AD. A bronze D-shaped hoop with stamped Maltese cross to the tear-shaped bezel. 1.36 grams, 20.61mm overall, 17.27mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 19) (3/4"). Property of a North London gentleman; previously in an important European collection. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2010
10th-11th century AD. A bronze cross with a standing Corpus Christi dressed in a long robe, cross above head, suspension ring to the top. 2.37 grams, 36mm (1 1/4"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. Extremely fine condition.
Lot 2011
7th-9th century AD. A large bronze reliquary cross in two parts and held together by hinge and suspension loop; one side engraved with image of crucified Christ with Greek inscription above and palm leaves to side of each hand; to the back herringbone pattern with five green glass inlays to the centre and ends of each arm. 120 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Extremely fine condition.
Lot 2071
Archaic, 9000-1000 BC and Danish Mesolithic periods, 9000-4000 BC. Three groups in old card trays with old labels comprising: three triangular points in grey chert with inked label 'Texas, Tortgas Culture, c. 4000 BC - 1000 AD Chert Arrowheads'; two leaf points in white quartz with inked label 'White quartz arrowheads Texas Dr Stanley Copeland'; group of three small points - one leaf, one triangular with notched sides and one with long tapered tang, in chert with inked label 'Bird points Yell Co. Arkansas'; group of three points, one hollow based, one leaf in mottled chert and one with long single side notch in black stone with inked label 'Amazon Basin Brazil'; group of three points, one with notched base and sides and serrated edges in mottled chert, one triangular with side notches and one triangular with bottom edge notches of barbed-and-tanged form, both in brown-grey chert with inked label 'Neolithic and Bronze Age Implements'; group of seven Danish Mesolithic microliths formed from thin blades, generally of trapezoidal shape, all carefully retouched to the incurving edges, in brown flint with inked notation to each and label 'Danish Kitchen Middens microliths'; each group in a card tray. 95 grams total, 15-50 mm (1/2 - 2"). Ex Pickard collection, Surrey, UK; thence by descent 1978; formerly in the collection of Dr. Stanley Copeland in the early 1930s; found Ohio, USA and Denmark, in the 1930s. Dr Stanley Copeland was a well known US collector (some of whose material was acquired by Walter Sims and, subsequently, by Cliff Bauer"). [21] Very fine condition.
Lot 2080
1st millennium BC. A group of bronze items comprising of a penannular bracelet formed from a single twisted rod and a long dagger or dirk blade with two fixing holes to the top. 288 grams total, 10-30.7cm (4 - 12"). Property of an American collector; acquired Holts Auction House, Norfolk, UK. [2, No Reserve] Fair condition.
Lot 2083
13th-9th century BC. A hollow-formed bronze socketed axehead, lentoid in plan with double rib to the mouth, remains of lateral loop, chamfered blade with curved edge; collector's label with 'Oxford / 1,000 / 418'. 165 grams, 93mm (3 3/4"). Ex Dr M. G. Weller collection, Cornwall, UK; found Oxfordshire, UK, 1960. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2084
2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of carbonised grains of wheat and barley in a card box with acetate lid, old handwritten label to the underside 'Swiss Lake Dwellings Bronze Age corn. Wheat + Barley'. 18 grams total, box 45 x 62mm (1 3/4 x 2 1/2"). Ex Dr M. G. Weller collection, Cornwall, UK; formerly with Henry Dewey (British Geological Survey); gifted by Berne Museum before 1920. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2086
2nd millennium BC. A sturdy bronze chisel with D-shaped blade, chamfered edge, square-section tapering shank with collar behind the blade. See Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 188, fig.190. 15 grams, 67mm (2 3/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the London art market. Fine condition.
Lot 2090
Late 3rd millennium BC. An Early Bronze Age copper flat axe of rectangular section, expanding from a narrow squared butt to slightly convex cutting edge. See Savoury, H. N., Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age Collections, National Museum of Wales, 1980, fig.17 for similar examples. 99 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; acquired prior to 2000. Very fine condition.
Lot 2092
13th-9th century BC. A bronze axehead with scooped socket and flange to the mouth; the lozenge-section loop connected perpendicular beneath the mouth of the socket. 176 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; acquired prior to 2000. Fine condition, casting flaw to one side of socket.
Lot 2094
2nd millennium BC. A bronze European axehead with straight edge, square-section chamfered blade with ribs to both broad faces, slashed collar, broad socket with ribbed lug to one end. 260 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly in a Munich collection, 1980. Fine condition.
Lot 21
Late Period, 664-332 BC. A hollow-formed bronze miniature sarcophagus for the mummy of a shrew with rib below the rim, to the upper face a shrew modelled in the round; one short face open to accept the mummy. 62 grams, 60mm (2 1/2"). Property of a Swedish collector; previously in a European collection; acquired before 1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2106
2nd-1st millennium BC. A group of bronze items consisting of two bracelets with bands of engraved lines on the body; a neck torc with square section body and with engraved bands of lines. 101 grams, 6-17cm (2 1/2 - 6 3/4"). From a private European collection; formed in the 1980s. [3] Fine condition.
Lot 2111
1st-3th century AD. A group of bronze items comprising of a flat openwork dragonesque plaque with irregular S-curved body, a plain plaque with dour holes for attachment, a flat leaf-shaped arrowhead. 76 grams total, 42-77mm (1 3/4 - 3"). Property of an American collector; acquired on European art market. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2112
8th-4th century BC. A pair of bronze bow brooches consisting of: a lozenge-section bow with trapezoidal catchplate, flared terminal with hinged square-section pin; a slender pin and integral single coil spring, broadening D-section bow with two lines of punched pellets, catch flanking the returned foot with irregular twist. 9 grams total, 45mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. [2, No Reserve] Extremely fine condition.
Lot 2117
2nd century BC-1st century AD. A bronze fastener formed as two integral loops with comma-shaped bulbs to the centre and outer edges, a sturdy right-angled lug to the reverse to accept a securing loop; with a custom-made display stand. Cf. Smith, R.A. British Museum Guide to Early Iron Age Antiquities, reprinted Ipswich, 1994, item 177. 39 grams, 69mm including stand (2 3/4"). Found Norfolk, UK, in 1999. Fine condition.
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