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LOT 1508
Heavy Luristan Bronze Dolabra
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 1/4 in. (1.42 kg, 23.5 cm).
A combined adze- and axe-head with central shaft hole and curved blades.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 34, p.32.
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