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LOT 1130

Western Asiatic Stone Macehead

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

2 7/8 in. (459 grams, 74 mm).

Piriform with narrow socket.

Provenance

From a West London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXI, no.30, from Armenia, for similar.

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LOT 1130

Western Asiatic Stone Macehead

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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