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2nd Millennium BC Bronze Age Irish spearhead.
Estimate:
€1,200 - €1,500
Sold
€2,000
Live Auction
The Eclectic Collector
Description
Description: An Irish bronze socketted spearhead with tapering midrib. leaf-shaped blade median to each face, two flattened attachment loops, everted collar to mouth, old collectors label 'Co Antrim, DML'. 90 grams. Accompanied by Export Licence number PAU/00378/17 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; Timeline Auctions, The Chris Rudd Celtic Collection, March 2018, where purchased by the current owner.
