Lot 993
Large and heavy, decorated socketed axe, Late Bronze Age of East Europe, 10th century B.C.
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
Bronze socketed axe with rectangular cross-section and trapezoidal outline. The cutting edge at the end of the slightly converging narrow sides is curved. Decoration in relief with rounded ribs on both faces: a casting seam running around the mouth of the socket. In the rear part of the socket a decor with the outline of a pair of wings, bordered laterally by ridges and divided in the centre by two crossed ridges into four recessed sectors. In the fields of the two rear sectors, a ridge tapering to a point in the centre of each. On both sides in the rear part of the decor a casting flaw in the form of an elongated perforation. Casting seams on the narrow sides, and directly from the mouth of the socket one loop on each side. Mottled, dark green Patina, partially with tiny corrosion pits. Otherwise completely intact. Length 12.6 cm. Height at the cutting edge 5 cm, from loop to loop 9.3 cm. Width at the socket opening 4 cm. Exceptionally well-preserved and particularly heavy example of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. Cultural Asset!Provenance: Middle Franconian private collection, inherited from the collection of the consignor's father, acquired by him in the 90s.Cultural Asset!
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