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LOT 1043
Luristan Sar-e Tabar Socketted Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (465 grams, 18 cm).
A bronze axe with plain cylindrical socket and staff, off-set at the base, of simple undecorated shape with a long lentoid-section D-shaped blade with scooped profile.
Provenance
Earlier 20th century collection.
London Mayfair gallery, UK.
Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019.
Literature
Cf. Moorey, P.R.S., Catalogue of the ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1971, pl.1, items 4 and 5.
Footnotes
Many examples of bronze axeheads are attributed to the Luristan culture and various shapes have been discussed by different scholars. Moorey (1971, pp.39-41) shows similar axeheads, stating that the texts executed on some specimens have shown them made of arsenical bronze, and attributes them to the late 3rd millennium B.C. or 2nd millennium B.C., period in which this alloy was used abundantly.
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LOT 1043
Luristan Sar-e Tabar Socketted Axehead
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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