Interesting scarce bronze axe Dong Son culture, 3th.-1st. cent. BC
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1467670
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1467670
$85.00
A nice and scarce bronze axe, interesting asymethric form, designed for trust with a wide blade, Dong Son Culture, Annam region of present day Vietnam, 4th.-1st. cent. BC.
Enigmatic for the Dong Son culture and very attractive. The Dong Son Culture evolved semi-autonomous from the Han Empire in China until the powerful Han-dynasti Nanyue expanded south around 110 BC. and incoporated the region into the realm.
Size: 10 cm. tall x 7,5 wide.
Condition: Intact and Very Fine for type, typical metal and a dull earthern green patina, uncleaned.
Ex. Hafnia Coins stock, bought in Denmark in the late 1990s.
Enigmatic for the Dong Son culture and very attractive. The Dong Son Culture evolved semi-autonomous from the Han Empire in China until the powerful Han-dynasti Nanyue expanded south around 110 BC. and incoporated the region into the realm.
Size: 10 cm. tall x 7,5 wide.
Condition: Intact and Very Fine for type, typical metal and a dull earthern green patina, uncleaned.
Ex. Hafnia Coins stock, bought in Denmark in the late 1990s.
