Auction 16 Part 2
FINE ANCIENT ART - PRINCE COLLECTION
By Apollo Art Auctions
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Mar 30, 2025
63-64 Margaret St. London, W1W 8SW
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Apollo Art Auctions is proud to announce the Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities - The Prince Collection sale. Commencing on the 30th of March at 1 p.m. GMT. The auction showcases an excellent array of excellent marbles, jewellery, seals and antiquities from the Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Viking, Medieval and Western Asiatic cultures. The sale will be held live at our Central London showroom, 63 - 64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, and online via the Apollo Art Auctions platform at 1 p.m. GMT. All lots will be available for preview at our central London showroom by appointment only from the 24th ? 28th March 2025, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Our white-gloved team professionally handles all items preparing them for in-house shipping. Contact us via email enquiries@apolloauctions.com or by calling (+44) 7424 994167.
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LOT 968:
COLLECTION OF BRONZE AGE DAGGERS
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Sold for: £220
Price including buyer’s premium:
£
283.80
Start price:
£
200
Estimated price :
£300 - £600
Buyer's Premium: 29%
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COLLECTION OF BRONZE AGE DAGGERS
Ca. 1200 - 600 BC. A collection of three bronze weapons. The first is a bronze short dagger cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) technique with a small polygonal section tang. The double-edged blade has sharpened edges, and a profile that tapers to a narrow tip and prominent midrib. The second is a spearhead with a short curved tang and large blade finely cast in one piece. The third is a dagger with double sharpened edges and short tang. Layers of mottled green and brown patina envelop the entire weapon. For similar see: Muscarella O. W., Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, n. cat. 392. Size: 260-305mm x 40-40mm; Weight: 580g. Provenance: Private UK collection; Formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.
