WESTERN ASIATIC AXE HEAD WITH LONG BLADE

Ca. 1200 - 800 BC A 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: 385g
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