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LOT 1710
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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXIV, no.27 (from Luristan), for type.
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LOT 1710
Large Heavy Luristan Bronze Axehead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Discoid in plan and pierced transversely with D-shaped gold caps at each end; mounted on a custom-made stand. 88 grams total, 84 mm wide including stand
Private collection, acquired on the UK art market, 2000. Private collection, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12877-241681.
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Syro-Hittite Terracotta Figure
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From a private St. Albans, UK, collection, formed 1960s-1990s. -
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Opening Bid: £5
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