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LOT 1493
Luristan Bronze Socketted Axehead
CIRCA 2200-1600 B.C.
4 in. (246 grams, 10 cm).
Curving blade and a tubular socket with decorative collars. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXI, nos.51,67, for the type; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, cat.344, for similar.
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