Celtic Bronze Axe Head - Socketed

**Originally Listed At $500** Northern Europe, Celtic culture, Late Bronze Age, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. An excellently-preserved example of a cast bronze axe head. The head is socketed, with an ovoid open

Northern Europe, Late Bronze Age (Celtic), ca. 800 to 500 BCE. An excellently-preserved example of a cast bronze axe head. The head is socketed, with a rectangular opening for a handle. The blade has

Central Europe, Proto-Celtic Urnfield Culture, ca. 1000 BCE. An elegant socketed bronze axe head with a short, curved blade and slight decorative flare to the shape of the socket. Central Europeans at

A large Eastern Celtic bronze axe head, c. 5th - 3rd Century BC, the wide faces flat with oval mounting hole on one side and rounded cutting edge; the shaft hole with heavy raised collar. L: 5 1/2 in

An Eastern Celtic bronze axe head, c. 5th - 3rd Century BC, with curved cutting edge and side loop, either side decorated with two vertical lines; casting flanged on sides. L: 3 3/8 in (8.6 cm). Nice

Spain (Galicia), the Atlantic Bronze Age to Iron Age transition period, ca. 1300 to 700 BCE. This is a rare find in the world of ancient weapons! A finely shaped bronze axe head with a rounded loop on

**Originally Listed At $250** Central Europe, St. Poelten, Austria, La Tene culture (Celtic), ca. 500 to 0 BCE. A cast bronze votive axe head in the style of those from a famous La Tene site, with a r

Ancient Celtic Bronze Axe Head c.2nd century BC. Size 3 1/4 inches length. Unusual Ancient Celtic Bronze Axe. with choice patina. Condition: perfect. Provenance: from the estate of Robert Thompson of

**First Time At Auction** East Asia, China, Late Neolithic period, ca. 2000 BCE. A small bronze axe head with a socketed hafting end, a gently tapering neck, a broad head, and flared blade tips. Thick

Western Asiatic, Ca. 1200-700 BC. An attractive ceremonial axe head with flared blade and wide, cylindrical shaft tube. On the back, a solid bronze animal climbs the poll of the axe. The diligently wo

Ancient Greece, Classical Period, ca. 5th century CE. A gorgeous cast-bronze axe head with a crested back ridge, a circular socketing hole with a small protrusion on the ends of the upper and lower sp

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A lovely cast copper-bronze axe head with two distinct faces. A large socketing shaft is adorned with a ringed base and a molded ri

Luristan, modern-day Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This is a large, heavy, lost-wax cast bronze axe head with four horizontal ridges around the socket and projecting slightly from the butt. Ancient Luris

Ca. 1200–700 BC. Western Asiatic. A finely modelled Western-Asiatic cast bronze double axe head, composed of a long, tubular socket with four ribbed borders, a convex axe blade and an adze blad

Ca. 1200–700 BC. Western Asiatic. Cast axe head comprising of a tubular socket with ribbed borders, a scroll to the upper edge and bulb below, a collar can be seen above the lower rim. The asym

**Originally Listed At $250** Luristan, modern-day Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A diminutive lost-wax cast bronze axe head with a simple blade curved on its lower edge and flat and unsharpened along the

Ca. 1200–700 BC. Western Asiatic. Cast axe head comprising of a tubular socket with ribbed borders, a scroll to the upper edge and bulb below, collar above the lower rim. A short blade with a w

ca. 1200–700 BC. Western Asia. A bronze axe head with curved blade, triangular cheek, two parallel horizontal collars stretching from poll to cheek, and a heavy, circular socket; custom-made stand i

Ancient socketed Bronze Axe Head Bronze Age c.900 BC. size 4 inches length. Bronze Age socketed axe head wirh flared blade. Provenance: Ex Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi. Ann Harbor Michigan, USA.

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A bronze socketed axe head in one of the most iconic weapon forms from ancient Luristan. The axe has a dramatically curved blade th

China, Han Dynasty, ca. 200 BCE. This is a hollow socketed bronze axe head with a decoratively bulbous socket end; there is a deliberate opening in one side of the axe for hafting. This was most likel

A bronze socketed axe head, Central Europe. 4" L Provenance: Ex collection New York, NY NOTE: This lot has a reserve. Reserve must be met to win the lot.

A cast bronze axe head. The head is socketed, with an ovoid opening for a handle. The blade has drop shaped decoration on each side. There is a collar around the socket, and one fastening loop on one

China, Bronze Age, ca. 1700 to 200 CE. This is a pair of small bronze socketed axe heads. One has the remnants of a wooden handle inside of its socket; the other, slightly larger, has an incised desig