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LOT 1375
Large Luristan Bronze Adze-Axe
CIRCA 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
10 3/8 in. (1.37 kg, 26.5 cm).
With tubular socket and flared rim to the mouth, vertical axe-blade with curved cutting edge, horizontal adze blade of similar proportions.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, items 21, 34.
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