Bidspirit auction | WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE HEAD OF

WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE HEAD OF AXE - Ca. 1200 - 1000 BC A cast bronze spike-butted Western Asiatic axe head, featuring a cylindrical shaft hole decorated with furrowed ribs leading to five spread spikes. The blade features an initially short straight shaft, which widens into a sharply curved triangular-shaped head with thickening upper and lower rims. For similar see: Harvard Art Museum, Object Number 1931.2. Size: 85mm x 180mm; Weight: 695g Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.