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2ND HALF OF 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
Two Javanese, dong son type, bronze axe blades
2nd half of 1st millennium b.c.
The first of tapering shape, its lower section at both sides engraved with two bands containing scrolling motifs encompassing a broader one with geometric motifs, green patina; the other with half-moon shaped upper section, green patina
32.5 and 36 cm high (2)
2nd half of 1st millennium b.c.
The first of tapering shape, its lower section at both sides engraved with two bands containing scrolling motifs encompassing a broader one with geometric motifs, green patina; the other with half-moon shaped upper section, green patina
32.5 and 36 cm high (2)
Literature
Kelenyi, B. and Z. Renner, Art of Indonesia: The Collection of Soelaeman Pringgodigdo, Budapest 1993, cat. no. 1
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