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EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEAD
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
With flared blade, the ribbed shaft with four butt-spikes in the form of eagle heads, 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) long; another with ribbed shaft extending at the back to form a square-shaped ribbed butt-plate, the flared blade with incised decoration along top edge, 1st millennium B.C., 9 in. (23 cm.) long; and an Elamite bronze axe head with undulating butt-plate, 2nd millennium B.C., 4¾ in. (12 cm.) long, all mounted (3)
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
With flared blade, the ribbed shaft with four butt-spikes in the form of eagle heads, 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) long; another with ribbed shaft extending at the back to form a square-shaped ribbed butt-plate, the flared blade with incised decoration along top edge, 1st millennium B.C., 9 in. (23 cm.) long; and an Elamite bronze axe head with undulating butt-plate, 2nd millennium B.C., 4¾ in. (12 cm.) long, all mounted (3)
Provenance
Property from a Princely collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Special notice
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Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.