Auction 001 Part 1
Ancient Art, Antiquities
By TimeLine Auction Limited
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Mar 5, 2024
The Court House, 363 Main Road, Harwich, CO12 4DN, UK
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Egyptian (Lots 1-30)
- Greek (Lots 31-99)
- Roman (Lots 100-202)
- Byzantine (Lots 203-224)
- Western Asiatic (Lots 225-280)
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- Western Asiatic (Lots 281-295)
- Arms & Armour (Lots 296-314)
- Stone, Bronze and Iron Age (Lots 315-370)
- Viking, Saxon and Germanic (Lots 371-402)
- Medieval (Lots 403-433)
- Post Medieval (Lots 434-438)
- Natural History (Lots 439-450)
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LOT 37:
Minoan Bronze Double Axehead
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Sold for: £750
Start price:
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Estimated price :
£600 - £800
Buyer's Premium: 36%
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Minoan Bronze Double Axehead
Circa 2000 B.C. Substantial labrys with flared and curved edges, elliptoid socket to the centre. Cf. D'Amato, R., Salimbeti, A., Early Aegean Warrior 5000-1450 BC, Oxford, 2013, fig. p.37, for similar. 973 grams, 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.).
Gifted to the previous owner's husband by his grandfather prior to 1919 while in Crete.Taken to Paris and brought to the UK before 1985.Acquired from Bonhams, London, 20 October 2005, no.124.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
The double axe was both a tool, weapon and one of the main religious symbol in Minoan Crete. It was as significant and as important in Minoan religious practice as the ritual horn and the pillar. [No Reserve]
