Lot Essay
For a Bactrian lead weight, cf. Christie's New York, 12 December 2002, lot 269.
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MAINLY 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
A LARGE GROUP OF WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE WEAPONS AND TOOLS
MAINLY 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Including a large adze-axe, the blades set at right angles, the shaft decorated with dotted chequerboard and herringbone pattern, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) long; a pickaxe with rounded butt-plate strengthened with thick bar, 8 in. (20.2 cm.) long; an axe head with shaft surmounted with a ram, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) long; a flat lugged-axe with small lugs curving from the side to divide the blade from the butt, 6¾ in. (17 cm.) long; a mace head, the swollen upper body decorated with three rows of raised lozenges, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; and a lead mace head(?) with three large rounded protomes decorated in between with four standing ibex with curving horns, possibly Bactrian, late 3rd/early 2nd millennium B.C., 4¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high(a lot)
MAINLY 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Including a large adze-axe, the blades set at right angles, the shaft decorated with dotted chequerboard and herringbone pattern, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) long; a pickaxe with rounded butt-plate strengthened with thick bar, 8 in. (20.2 cm.) long; an axe head with shaft surmounted with a ram, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) long; a flat lugged-axe with small lugs curving from the side to divide the blade from the butt, 6¾ in. (17 cm.) long; a mace head, the swollen upper body decorated with three rows of raised lozenges, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; and a lead mace head(?) with three large rounded protomes decorated in between with four standing ibex with curving horns, possibly Bactrian, late 3rd/early 2nd millennium B.C., 4¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high(a lot)
Provenance
Property from a Princely collection, acquired in the 1960s (see lot 115 onwards).
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Further details
END OF SALE
FORTHCOMING SALES:
NEW YORK, ANTIQUITIES AND ANCIENT JEWELRY, 6-7 DECEMBER 2007
LONDON, ANTIQUITIES, 29-30 APRIL 2008
FORTHCOMING SALES:
NEW YORK, ANTIQUITIES AND ANCIENT JEWELRY, 6-7 DECEMBER 2007
LONDON, ANTIQUITIES, 29-30 APRIL 2008