BRONZE AGE SOCKETED AXE HEAD

**First Time At Auction** Eastern Europe / Central Asia, Hungary, Bronze Age, ca. 7th to 5th century BCE. A hefty cast bronze axe head with a slightly-flared blade, sharply-angled sides, a thick neck,

Date: ca. 800 BC Materials: Bronze Dimensions: 104mm h x 46mm w x 39mm d - 273.4grams Provenance/Additional Information: From an old British collection, aquired from a private collector in London, for

ca. 800–600 BC. European. An hefty cast bronze axe head with flared blade, blunt sides, a thick neck, and a rounded collar with a hoop.The head is socketed, with a circular opening for a handle. Goo

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 European Bronze Age Flat Axe Date: ca. 1500 BC Material: bronze Size: 92mm; 156grams Superb European Bronze Age socketed axehead with loop. Rare example of early human technology and metal wor

Ancient European Bronze Age Socketed Axe Date: ca. 1200- 800 BC Material: bronze Size: 87mm; 187grams Superb European Bronze Age socketed axehead with loop. Rare example of early human technology and

Ancient European Bronze Age Flat Axe Date: ca. 1500 BC Superb European Bronze Age socketed axehead with loop. Rare example of early human technology and metal working. Typical type for the central reg

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

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

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

Early 2nd millennium BC. A bronze double ended socketed axehead with wide socket hole and slightly flaring blade. Property of a Hampshire collector; acquired in the early 1980s. 85 grams, 70mm (3").

**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

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

Lot of 2 Ancient Europe Bronze Age Axe Heads c.2000 BC. Size 3 5/8 - 4 inches length. Cast hollow bronze axe head with side loop. Ex Private NYC collection. acquired in the London Market.

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 European Bronze Age Axe head c.2000 BC. Size 8 inches length. Fine cast bronze axe head with loop handle, nice dark patina. Ex Ex Private NYC Collection acquired in the London market 1980's

2nd millennium BC. A bronze flat-axe with tapering rectangular-section body, narrow butt, curved edge. 616 grams, 17.6cm (7"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired on the European art market. [No