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KOBAN CULTURE, CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A CAUCASIAN BRONZE AXE HEAD
KOBAN CULTURE, CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
With elliptical shaft-hole and crescentic blade decorated on both sides with the stippled figure of a hound, four conjoined stippled triangles above, with stylized snakes flanking the shaft-hole
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long
KOBAN CULTURE, CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
With elliptical shaft-hole and crescentic blade decorated on both sides with the stippled figure of a hound, four conjoined stippled triangles above, with stylized snakes flanking the shaft-hole
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Formerly in an American private collection, mid-1990s.
French private collection.
French private collection.
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