ANCIENT BRONZE AGE AXES

Ca. 1200 - 900 BC A a pair of cast Bronze Age axe heads. The first double axe head is characterised by a short cylindrical shaft hole with a collared rim, flattened top and a vertical crescent-shaped blade. A smaller horizontal blade is attached to the back. The second axe has a vertical blade and cylindrical hole for attachment to a handle. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 9482, The Art of Warfare, The Axel Guttmann collection of ancient arms and armour, part II, Lot. 34.
Size: 330mm x 270mm; Weight: 4.4g
Provenance: Property of a central London art gallery; previously in the private collection of Mr. R. Unger; acquired in the 1970s on the UK art market.

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Estimate: GBP 300 - 600