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LOT 1677
Bronze Age Double Axehead
CENTRAL EUROPE, EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/8 in. (378 grams, 15.5 cm).
Substantial labrys with flared and curved edges, elliptoid socket to the centre with carinated rims.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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