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LOT 1447

Luristan Bronze Socketted Axehead

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 1/8 in. (232 grams, 13.1 cm).

Trapezoidal blade and a cylindrical socket with a collared base, lateral horizontal rib to each face, lobe to the rear; the blade long and with a slightly convex blunt edge. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Norri collection, Milton Keynes, UK, 1980s-1990s.

Literature

Cf. Mahboubian, H., Art of Ancient Iran, copper and bronze, London, 1997, p.166, fig.172b, for similar.

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LOT 1447

Luristan Bronze Socketted Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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