Lot 52
52
A LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEAD
A LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEAD
A LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEAD
A LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEAD
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This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF YRIS R. SOLOMON (1935-2021)
A LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEAD

CIRCA 1200-900 B.C.

Details
A LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEAD
CIRCA 1200-900 B.C.
8 1⁄4 in. (20.9 cm.) long
Provenance
with K. Rabenou Gallery, New York, acquired by 1970; thence by continuous descent to the current owner, New York.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

The broad shaft of this axe head is embellished with four projecting lion heads. For a related example with boar heads, see no. 193 in H. Mahboubian, Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze. The type is related to a well-known class of axe heads featuring a splayed flat blade; see p. 189 in O.W. Muscarella, Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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