LOT 410:
WESTERN ASIATIC LUNAR-SHAPED AXE HEAD WITH LION
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WESTERN ASIATIC LUNAR-SHAPED AXE HEAD WITH LION
Ca. 900 - 800 BC. A bronze axe head with a long tubular shaft extending to a crescent-shaped flat blade with pointed tips. The shaft features a simplified representation of a walking lion, rendered in a minimalistic yet recognisable form.For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 129378 (type of object).Size: 125mm x 105mm; Weight: 440gProvenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s.

