SPEARHEAD. An ancient oxidized bronze loop-sided spearhead, the cone form with hollow shaft having raised and incised diamond forms near base tapering to pointed finial with flattened "wings" defined by incised bead detailing; mounted on a metal rod on a stained wood plinth. Oxidized bronze (yellow-blue-green mottled patina). Oxfordshire, England. Middle Bronze Age (circa 1400 - 1200 BC). Bears number 420 - 7 1/4 in. high. Estimate $5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
Frederick Schultz Ancient Art, New York Sale - January 3, 1994
EXHIBITION:
Power Tools The Stone Age and Bronze Age in Northern Europe, Frederick Schultz Ancient Art, New York, November 18, 1993 - January 29, 1994, catalogue entry number 1, illustrated
ILLUSTRATED:
"Were Ancient Europeans Collectors?", Rita Reif, New York Times, Sunday, January 9, 1994, page 37.
