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LOT 0037
Minoan Bronze Double Axehead
CIRCA 2000 B.C.
6 7/8 in. (973 grams, 17.5 cm).
Substantial labrys with flared and curved edges, elliptoid socket to the centre. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceGifted to the previous owner's husband by his grandfather prior to 1919 while in Crete.
Taken to Paris and brought to the UK before 1985.
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 20 October 2005, no.124.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
Cf. D'Amato, R., Salimbeti, A., Early Aegean Warrior 5000-1450 BC, Oxford, 2013, fig. p.37, for similar.
FootnotesThe double axe was both a tool, weapon and one of the main religious symbol in Minoan Crete. It was as significant and as important in Minoan religious practice as the ritual horn and the pillar.
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