‡ A COPPER ALLOY SPEARHEAD AND A COPPER ALLOY... Lot n° 120
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‡ A COPPER ALLOY SPEARHEAD AND A COPPER ALLOY SHORTSWORD, 1300-800 B.C.
in excavated condition, the first with leaf-shaped head formed with a full length medial ridge of semi-circular section on each face (the tip bent in profile) and tapering socket (shortened); the second with broad leaf-shaped double-edged blade (restored from two blades), widening at the forte, and integral tang (chipped) pierced with three holes, painted on one face ‘Ireland, Monaghan’, the first: 32.8 cm overall (2)
Provenance (the first)
River Thames, Putney (as painted on one face)
Sotheby's, 16th July 1968, lot 150
Christie’s New York, 13th December 1980, lot 22
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