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LOT 0263
Elamite Decorated Bronze Axehead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (330 grams, 11.6 cm).
With a crescentic blade, ornamental curved edging to the upper shaft hole, a collar to the lower shaft hole, raised band around the edge of the blade.
Provenance
French collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the London art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Mahboubian, H., Art of Ancient Iran, copper and bronze, London, 1997, p.166, fig.172b.
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