Superb bronze battle axe w red patina, Ancient Near East / Luristan!
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1481609
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1481609
$750.00
Lovely bronze battle axe, Ancient Near East, c. 2nd. millenium BC.
Finely made battle axe with a long enforced and narrow blade with a ridge at the top and an elaborately made socket in a zoomorphic shape with a broad decorated backplate.
Size: 126 mm. long and 94 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice Extremely fine, with a lovely deep redish patina with a dusting of green and earthern highlights.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.
Finely made battle axe with a long enforced and narrow blade with a ridge at the top and an elaborately made socket in a zoomorphic shape with a broad decorated backplate.
Size: 126 mm. long and 94 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice Extremely fine, with a lovely deep redish patina with a dusting of green and earthern highlights.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.
