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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1508

Heavy Luristan Bronze Dolabra

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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