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LOT 1047

Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 360 - 480
USD ($) 390 - 520

LURISTAN SOCKETTED CUDGEL
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (473 grams, 15.5 cm wide).

A bronze cudgel or handle of an axe or mace reinforced at both ends by raised moulding, the handle adorned with a double spiral in relief.

PROVENANCE:
Private family collection formed in London, mid 1980s to early 1990s.

LITERATURE:
See Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.XIX, no.58; Godard, Y. and A., Bronzes de Luristan, La Haye, 1954, pl.2, cat.16.

CONDITION
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