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LOT 0265

Elaborate Canaanite Bronze 'Anchor' Axehead

EARLY 2ND 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 shaft, a narrow neck, and flared socket with vertical spurs to the reverse and a knop finial.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

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LOT 0265

Elaborate Canaanite Bronze 'Anchor' Axehead

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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