Lot 188
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A CAUCASIAN BRONZE AXE-HEAD
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A CAUCASIAN BRONZE AXE-HEAD

KOBAN CULTURE, 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.

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A CAUCASIAN BRONZE AXE-HEAD
KOBAN CULTURE, 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
With elliptical shaft-hole and crescentic blade decorated with incised circles and rope-pattern bordering linear motifs, the shaft-hole ornamented with three hatched ribs in the form of ropes with tasseled ends
7 in. (18 cm.) long
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Cf. D. Collon, Ancient Near Eastern Art, The British Museum, London, 1995, p. 175, pl. 40; In Pursuit of the Absolute: Art of the Ancient World from the George Ortiz Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1994, no. 211; and Avant les Scythes: préhistoire de l'art en U.R.S.S., Grand Palais, Paris, 1979, pp. 158, 165 and 194-195, nos. 143, 165 and 209-211 for similar axe-heads.

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