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LOT 374:
WESTERN ASIATIC AXE HEAD WITH LONG BLADE
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£150 - £300
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WESTERN ASIATIC AXE HEAD WITH LONG BLADE
Ca. 1200 - 800 BCA Western Asiatic bronze axe head displaying a long, thin blade and presents a T-shaped extension to the back. Bronze Age art was the work of nomadic herdsmen and horsemen who crafted small, portable objects, including daggers, swords, and other weapons. Weapons like this one would have been entombed in the small rock graves in which their owners were buried.Size: 270mm x 85mm; Weight: 385gProvenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s.
