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LOT 1474
Elaborate Canaanite Bronze 'Anchor' Axehead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/8 in. (305 grams, 11.2 cm wide).
Comprising a deep crescentic blade with two spurs at each end intended to brace against the haft, narrow neck and flared socket with vertical spurs to the reverse and knop finial.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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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LOT 1474
Elaborate Canaanite Bronze 'Anchor' Axehead
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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