Lot 19
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A MESOPOTAMIAN-ELAMITE BRONZE MACE HEAD
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A MESOPOTAMIAN-ELAMITE BRONZE MACE HEAD

LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A MESOPOTAMIAN-ELAMITE BRONZE MACE HEAD
LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
The long cylindrical shaft with narrow flanged base, the upper section with three vertical relief panels of a herringbone motif divided and bordered by parallel ridges, similar band with ridged grooves around the base, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) high; an Elamite bronze mace head, the upper section divided into two registers, each with prominent vertical rows of spikes alternating with a hatched band containing a snake-like motif, twin cord-like bands bordering above and below, faint traces of incised chevrons on the lower section, late 3rd millennium B.C., 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high; and two Luristan bronze mace heads with octagonal shafts and ribbed bases, the swollen upper bodies with faceted knobs, bordered by grooved encircling bands, early 1st millennium B.C., both 5½ in. (14 cm.) high (4)
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Lot Essay

Cf. P. R. S. Moorey, Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1971, p. 95, pl. 10, nos. 95 and 97 for similar to items one and two; and P. R. S. Moorey, Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Adam Collection, London, 1974, p. 48, no. 16 for similar to items three and four.

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