bronze age

CHINESE PORCELAIN AND ASIAN ART REFERENCE BOOKS Including: -Chinese Celadons And Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Ceramic...

A BENIN STYLE BRONZE FIGURE OF A MUSICIAN Benin or West Africa, bronze figure of man playing percussion instrument, in traditional clothing and ad...

Art Reference Books on Asian Art - Chinese Gorer Edgar and JF. Blacker J. F. Gorer Edgar and JF. Blacker J. F. Gorer Edgar and JF. Blacker J. F. 1...

the erotic sculpture modelled as female in draped gown reclined on a bear pelt, the gown with a hinged belt opening to elevate and reveal the nude...

the body flanked by a pair of stylised dragon-head loop handles and cast with scroll detail, the stepped foot with a running band of stylised scro...

A collection of Royal Crown Derby paperweights comprising, a boxed Bronzed Winged Parrot, Green Woodpecker, and Mouse, all with gold stoppers, and...

An Arts and Crafts circular bowl by Philip Frederick Alexander, London 1910, hammered body, pricket banded decoration with cartouches of strawberr...

A DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR BY HEINRICK TER HORST DATED 1607 Cast with a band of foliage with putti and vases, inscribed in raised letter...

A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB, MID 18TH CENTUR...

1st millennium B.C. D-section shank with bulb to the apex. 34.8 grams, 58 mm (2 1/4 in.). Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late...

Circa 1200-800 B.C. Fragment from the blade of a two-edged slashing sword, lentoid in section and parallel sided. See Trump, B.A.V., The Origin an...

1100-750 B.C. Leaf-shaped with prominent lozengiform midrib. Cf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977...

Circa 1000 B.C. With broad leaf-shaped blade and tapering socket extending to the midrib; socket pierced to accept attachment pegs; tip absent. Cf...

Early 1st millennium B.C. Domed in profile with applied hub and openwork pelta-shaped plaque. 68 grams, 12.2 cm (4 3/4 in.). Ex London, UK, colle...

Early 1st millennium B.C. Comprising an annular head and long pin attached by an angled shoulder; ribbed texture to obverse and three sockets to a...

Circa 1st millennium B.C. Including tool fragents, vessel sherds and other items. 1.85 kg total, 5-56 mm (1/4 - 2 1/8 in.). Found various sites i...

Circa 4th century B.C. Modelled with flat-section bdy, rounded head and feet, legs conjoined, impressed navel, carinated face; mounted on a custom...

1st millennium B.C. A round-section rod coiled and partly flattened to form a hair ornament. See Taylor, J.T., Bronze Age Goldwork of the British ...

2nd millennium B.C. Short-flanged with slightly curved butt, small lateral flanges to each face, long blade with lateral flanges to each face. Cf....

9th-11th century A.D. Penannular square-section shank with punched detailing to the upper faces; narrow lentoid-section finials. 58 grams, 77 mm ...

9th-11th century A.D. Formed with twisted rods, flat finials with incised geometric ornament. 36.3 grams, 63 mm (2 1/2 in.). Private collection, ...

Circa 9th-11th century A.D. With a round-section penannular body with expanding terminals; the upper face with punched dot motifs and herringbone ...

9th-11th century A.D. Twisted penannular shank with flattened loop finials. 26.4 grams, 59 mm (2 1/4 in.). Private collection, Arundel, West Suss...

1st millennium B.C. Comprising: twenty-seven tongue-shaped plaques with knop finial, two attachment loops to the reverse; six smaller mounts with ...

9th-11th century A.D. Penannular square-section shank with punched detailing to the upper faces. 56 grams, 76 mm (3 in.). From the private collec...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Including lenticular-section blade fragments, triangular tips with midrib, and other items. 119 grams total, 16-69 mm (5/...

9th-11th century A.D. Substantial penannular type with looped finials. 162 grams, 76 mm (3 in.). Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 19...

9th-11th century A.D. Twisted rods forming a penannular shank with hammered finials. 40.6 grams, 64 mm (2 1/2 in.). Private collection, Arundel, ...

Circa 9th-11th century A.D. Comprising: one with body formed as a guilloche, serpent-head finials; one with rounded ends to the shank. 37.2 grams...

Circa 9th-11th century A.D. Comprising: braided wire penannular bracelet with with clubbed finials; twisted rod bracelet with polyhedral finials. ...

8th-7th century B.C. Formed as two large tightly-wound coils with figure-of-eight-shaped intermediate coils, similar verso with pin absent. Cf. Th...

9th-8th century B.C. Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade; socket damaged in antiquity. Cf. MacGregor, A....

1st-2nd century A.D. Modelled in the round nude male with arms bent, the left arm supporting a bundle; discoid pad to the rump, probably the point...

9th-10th century A.D. Comprising: two elliptical bronze tortoise brooches, each a domed openwork shell with raised ornament of five bell-shaped st...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Comprising a penannular lozenge-section body with conical finials. 2.23 grams, 28 mm (1 1/8 in.). Acquired 1980-2015. Ex ...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Including double-ended square-section awls, chisel with curved edge and other items. 46.6 grams total, 28-83 mm (1 1/8 - ...

1st millennium B.C.-1st century A.D. Comprising two bradawls and a proto-money wheel pendant with hole to the hub. 7.17 grams total, 18-66 mm (3/...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Comprising a round-section expanding shank, segmented bulbs. See discussion in Spratling, M.G., Southern British...

2nd millennium B.C. Long leaf-shaped blade, lentoid in section with two cutting edges and shallow tip; flared shoulders with recesses to accept mo...

Early 1st millennium B.C. Comprising a conical openwork body with ribbed collar; three looped pendants suspended from the lower rim, each with a c...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Including a terret mount, penannular brooch. enamelled ring fragments, votive axehead and other items. 32.4 gra...

9th-11th century A.D. Group of rectangular mounts each with fixing studs to the reverse, decorated with a dense foliage and leaf motif. Cf. Arbman...

12th-8th century B.C. Formed as a thick (10mm) rod with one smaller (38mm) and one larger (64mm) spiral coil. 441 grams, 11.6 cm wide (4 1/2 in.)...

Circa 6th century B.C. Modelled in the round figure standing nude, the arms stretched out to the front, flat pinched head with conical headdress, ...

8th-6th century B.C. A scarce type III sickle with recurved finial and a curved single-edged blade with thickened upper rim. 34.8 grams, 97 mm (3...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Formed as a double-coiled ribbed bar with leaf-shaped attachment panel bearing low-relief La Tène style scrolled...

2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D. With median loop and gusseted disc finials. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference SF-189...

Circa 9th-11th century A.D. Hollow-formed finial in the shape of a stylised horse with scrolled tail, arcading to the mane, applied strap and pell...

9th-11th century A.D. Rectangular-section shank and flange finials. 36.7 grams, 62 mm (2 3/8 in.). Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, ...

8th-10th century A.D. A Finno-Ugric rectangular bronze pendant formed as a pair of addorsed horse-heads in profile and openwork panel; bar with se...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. An annular hoop with deep ridges to the outer face. 16.71 grams, 64 mm wide (2 1/2 in.). Ex property of a late Japanese c...

2nd millennium B.C. Square-section shank developing to a broad curved cutting edge. 16.2 grams, 69 mm (2 3/4 in.). Found whilst searching with a ...

Early 1st millennium B.C. Formed as a loop with one broader half, integral suspension bar with ribbed collar. 11.18 grams, 75 mm (3 in.). Ex Lond...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Comprising: terret with suspension slot; mount with openwork triskele; mount with two bosses. 43 grams total, 3...

Circa 3rd-2nd century B.C. The penannular body formed with graduated biconical bulbs, recurved tapering terminals. 275 grams, 14.5 cm (5 3/4 in.)...

2500-800 B.C. Sheet gold tubular cuff with balustered profile and beaded detailing to the interstitial rings, reeding to the edges, slightly fragm...

Circa 8th-6th century B.C. Comprising two slender penannular bracelets with ribbed bodies and tapering terminals. 17.3 grams total, 41-42 mm (1 5...