Large Heavy Luristan Bronze Axehead

8TH CENTURY 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.

Literature

Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXIV, no.27 (from Luristan), for type.

CONDITION

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