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2nd Millennium BC Bronze age Irish Axehead with v-cleft
Estimate:
€1,200 - €1,500
Sold
€3,400
Live Auction
The Eclectic Collector
Size
2 by 3.75 by 0.75in. (5.1 by 9.5 by 1.9cm)
Description
Description: A bronze axehead with flared blade and straight cutting edge, V-shaped cleft to the rear with raised rims; old collector's label within the cleft marked 'Knowles Cor 666 Toome'. 277grams. Accompanied by Export Licence number PAU/00169/18 from the Arts Council of England.
Provenance
Discovered Toome Bar, County Antrim, Northern Ireland;Knowles collection;Collection of a retired antique dealer who acquired it just after the war in Islington, London;The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, collection number AX83; Recorded by Chris Rudd with Michael Lewis, of the British Museum and Greer Ramsey, curator of Armagh County Museum, National Museums of Northern Ireland. Timeline Auctions, The Chris Rudd Celtic Collection, March 2018, where purchased by the current owner.
