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LOT 1835

Bactrian Bronze Decorated Socketted Axehead

BRONZE AGE, 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 1/2 in. (104 grams, 11.6 cm).

Comprising a short tubular socket with flared neck to the angled blade; incised herringbone ornament to both faces flanked by pounced triangular panels in bilinear bands,

Provenance

From an old English collection formed since 1960.

Literature

Cf. Curtis, J., Early Mesopotamian and Iran, London, 1993, fig.7, p.80 for a similar example.

CONDITION

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LOT 1835

Bactrian Bronze Decorated Socketted Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £351

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