WESTERN ASIATIC LURISTAN AXEHEAD WITH BOAR 13th-6th century BC A bronze adze with expanding triangular-section blade, tubular socket with rib detailing, figure of a boar to the rear of the socket modelled in the round with hatched bristles and raised eyes. 614 grams, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Fine condition. Provenance From an important private London collection; formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Literature Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, plate XII, item 44.
WESTERN ASIATIC LURISTAN AXEHEAD WITH BOAR 13th-6th century BC A bronze adze with expanding triangular-section blade, tubular socket with rib detailing, figure of a boar to the rear of the socket modelled in the round with hatched bristles and raised eyes. 614 grams, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Fine condition. Provenance From an important private London collection; formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Literature Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, plate XII, item 44.
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