LOT 1440 Luristan Socketted Axehead
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13th-7th century B.C. A socketted bronze axehead with convex cutting edge. 243 grams, 86 mm (3 3/8 in.). English collection formed in the 1990s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. Unadorned weapons, especially axes, adzes and picks, were made by Luristan craftsmen using simple clay or stone bivalve moulds, into which was inserted a core to form the socket for the shaft. Typically, the metallicposition consisted of abination of arsenical bronze and copper, together with a small percentage of lead.
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