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LOT 1450
Luristan Bronze Socketted Adze
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (590 grams, 14.5 cm).
With short tubular socket and flared cutting edge perpendicular to the socket.
ProvenanceFrom an old English collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market.
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