Bronze Age Decorated Bowl with Loop Handle. Circa 1000 B.C. With carinated profile, and flared rim, ancient rivetted repair to central base; strap handle to rear over ancient crack, with evidence of previous repairs. See Claire Copper, et al., Funerary and Related Cups of the British Bronze Age, Oxford, 2022. 182 grams, 15.2 cm wide (6 1/8 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) Acquired in Austria in 2000. Acquired by the present owner from the above.