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LOT 1361
Large Heavy Luristan Bronze Axehead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 in. (1.38 kg, 20 cm).
Comprising a triangular blade with curved edge, lentoid socket, square butt with striking face.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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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