Large Luristan Bronze Socketted Axehead

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 1/8 in. (1.05 kg, 13 cm).

With a slender, scooped blade, a round socket and shallow scooped depression to the upper face of the blade with thick curved edge; socket chipped.

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf.Engel, N. & Overlaet, B. et al., Bronzes de Luristan, enigmes de l'Iran Ancien, IIIe-Ier millenaire av.J.C., Paris, 2008, cat.8-12, pp.73ff, for type.

CONDITION

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