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LOT 1469

Holy Land Bronze Axehead with Adze

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

6 1/2 in. (621 grams, 16.5 cm).

The cylindrical socket displaying three raised dot-in-ring motifs running vertically to both faces, crescentic adze-head to one side, axehead to the other with channel to upper face and slightly flared blade.

Provenance

Ex architect Moshe Kaufman collection, Tel Aviv.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1469

Holy Land Bronze Axehead with Adze

Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)

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