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Massive Luristan Bronze Axe / Adze Head

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Ancient Near East, modern day Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 1000 CE. This is a really large, heavy, lost-wax cast bronze axe-adze head with a sturdy, round socket in its center. Ancient Luristan was a series of parallel fertile valleys in northwestern Iran in the Zagros Mountains. The level of artistry displayed in their bronze work is much finer and more ornate than any of their contemporaries. This is all the more remarkable considering that there is a lack of native copper ores in that region, so Luristan must have been part of a wide trading network -- and indeed, we know that they had contacts with the Kingdom of Elam, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia. There must have been a particularly inspired artistic tradition within Luristan itself to produce functional but beautiful items like this one. Size: 8.7" L x 2.75" H (22.1 cm x 7 cm)

Provenance: Ex-UK Collection acquired from 1980s through to the 1990s

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Condition

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Massive Luristan Bronze Axe / Adze Head

Name: Massive Luristan Bronze Axe / Adze Head
SKU: 49076845
Price: 600 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $600 - $900

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