WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE AXE HEAD

Ca. 1200 - 900 BC A Western Asiatic miniature bronze axe head. The blade is undecorated, but the butt features a flange, and both the socket and flange have thick outlines. Layers of naturally-occurring patina in hues of brown and green have developed across the surfaces. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 43.102.9.
Size: 75mm x 170mm; Weight: 280g
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s.

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Estimate: GBP 150 - 300