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LOT 1134
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
CIRCA 12TH-8TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (198 grams, 91 mm).
The majority of a bronze socketted axehead with a crescentic blade and tapering rectangular-section socket. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, acquired in the 2000s.
Property of an English gentleman.
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