KOBAN CULTURE BRONZE AXE HEAD

Ca. 900-700 BC. Koban-Caucasian Culture. A very rare bronze axe, richly decorated with geometric ornaments on the crescentic blade and a range of vertical ribs at the butt. Excellent condition; beauti

Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Dong Son Culture, ca. 1000 BCE to 100 CE. An impressive bronze axe head from Dong Son culture, exhibiting an incredibly rare form! Enveloped in rich layers of green and russet

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

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This bronze axe head, with its bright turquoise patina, is a delight to behold. A narrow, rectangular socket and, long, fla

Elamite Bronze Axe Head with BullFan shaped blade, round shaft surmounted by a seated bull.Size:15.4 cm L - 6 1/16 inches Material:Bronze Culture:Elamite, 2nd Millennium B.C.Provenance: ex UK coll

Ancient Near East, Southwestern Iran, Elamite culture, ca. 1900 to 1300 BCE. A gorgeous bronze axe head, made to imitate a fierce weapon but with ornate flourishes on its blade and haft-hole. The blad

Ancient Near East and Asia Minor, Anatolia, Hittite culture, ca. second half of the 2nd millennium BCE. A beautiful and early example of a cast-bronze axe head of a heavy, flat, and biconcave form. Th

Luristan Bronze Axe Head, Persia, ex. Bonhams, c. Early 1st Millennium B.C.Slender shaft with spike base.Size:11.6 cm L - 4 1/2 inches Material:Bronze Culture:Luristan, Iran, c. 2nd - 1st Millennium B

Middle East, Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. An impressive bronze cast axe head with a rather long flat blade that flares at both ends, an oval-shaped, ribbed shaft, with

Middle East, Iran, Luristan culture, ca. late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. Large bronze axe head with curved cutting blade flaring down, tapering to cylindrical shaft with four butt spikes. Blade

**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

**Originally Listed At $400** Central Asia, Tajikistan, Sugd / Sogdiana (also Sughdha, Sogdia), ca. 8th century BCE. A cast bronze axe head from a little-known ancient culture. The axe has a pleasing

**Originally Listed At $450** Ancient Near East, Southwestern Iran, Elamite culture, ca. 1900 to 1300 BCE. A gathering of 2 axe heads from the ancient Elamites. First is a bronze axe head with a trape

Central Europe, probably Hallstatt culture, ca. 8th to 6th century BCE. A cast bronze axe head of elongated form, with a deep groove on either side of its long tang and a narrow head that flares outwa

Central Asia, northwestern Iran, Luristan culture, end of 2nd beginning of the first millennium BCE. Bronze battle axe head in cast bronze. Oval socket with small spike to one end, long sweeping blade

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A hefty cast bronze pick axe or hoe head. The long blade is flat and rectangular, but the tip

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash culture, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A cast-bronze axe head of a hefty form with a cylindrical socketing shaft, a crescent-shap

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Luristan culture, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE; Native American, Eastern to Midwestern United States, Eastern Woodlan

**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

**Originally Listed At $200** Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Dong Son Culture, ca. late 1st millennium BCE. An elegant curved axe head with an asymmetrical blade and ovoid socket as well as an opening at th

Middle East, Iran, Luristan culture, ca. late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. Large bronze axe head with long cutting blade flaring downward, tapering to cylindrical shaft with thirteen conical butt

**Originally Listed At $250** Ancient Near East, Eastern Turkey, Iran, and Armenia, Urartu culture, Iron Age, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. A cast bronze axe head with a slender but thick blade that extends fro

Originally listed at $400 Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Dong Son Culture, ca. late 1st millennium BCE. A cast bronze axe head of lunate form with a hollow blade. The casting technique for Dong Son bronzes

Central to Northern Europe, Celtic culture, Late Bronze Age, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. A socket axe head cast from leaded bronze with a flared cutting edge. The head has an ovoid opening for a handle, and t