Lot 1001
Four Bronze Age spearheads, 12th–9th centuries B.C.
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
1) bronze spearhead with a short socket continuing as a round central rib into the blade. Two rivet holes immediately before the blade base. Small chip on the socket rim. Dark green Patina. Length 22.3 cm. 2) bronze spearhead with a long socket continuing as a central rib into the blade, there profiled by four curved ribs. Two rivet holes at a short distance before the blade base. Minor nicks on the cutting edges. Dark green Patina. Length 18 cm. 3) Small spearhead with a short socket and laurel leaf-shaped blade. The socket continues as a round central rib into the blade. Two rivet holes immediately before the blade base. Dark green Patina, partially covered in incrustation. Length 9.5 cm. 4) Small, fragmented spearhead with a profiled central rib. head and the majority of one blade half broken off. An open bronze ring inserted through the rivet holes directly below the blade base in the short socket. Preserved length 10.2 cm. Cultural Asset!Provenance: A private collection from northern Germany, acquired in the 1980s on the German art market.
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