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LOT 1051
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (517 grams, 91 mm).
Piriform with vertical socket expanding towards the narrower end.
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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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