Central Asia Bronze Pick, ex-Piscopo

Central Asia, ca. 800 BCE. This is a heavy bronze implement with a hollow slip shaft and a fine, pencil thin blade with a round shaft and flattened ends. Size: 5.25" L x 5.85" W x 1.35" H (13.3 cm x 1

Central Asia, Marlik (Luristan), Caspian Sea region, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. This is a heavy leaf-shaped bronze spearhead with a large rounded central ridge, a long rectangular insertion tang, and a fla

Bactria-Margiana (BMAC), modern day central Asia, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. This is a bronze axe head with a characteristic curved shape and narrow socket; one end flares outward while the blade

**Originally Listed At $350** Bactria-Margiana (BMAC), modern day central Asia, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. This is a bronze axe head with a characteristic curved shape and narrow socket; based on

Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. This is a bronze votive axe that would have been placed atop a standard for ceremonial purposes; it has a small, round socket and a hook along the top of t

Bactria-Margiana (BMAC), modern day central Asia, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. This is a bronze axe head with a characteristic curved shape and narrow socket. As ever, central Asia was a crossroads

**First Time At Auction** Western Asia, probably Luristan (Iran), ca. 1000 BCE. A thin cast bronze dagger blade with a pronounced midrib and a tang for attachment to a handle (the tang would once have

**Originally Listed At $150** Western Asia, probably Luristan (Iran), ca. 1000 BCE. A thin cast bronze blade with a pronounced midrib and a tang for attachment to a handle (the tang would once have be

Western or Central Asia, Scythian dagger of the Acinaces sword type with a slender double edge blade, straight hand grip and flat pommel. Size 12 1/2" L x 1 1/2" WEx-Piscopo collection, Ex-San Diego A

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Asia, Bronze Age, ca. 10th to 7th century BCE. An elegant cast bronze axe head of simple form, with a long, straight, rectangular blade and a round socket with a

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran or Iraq, Luristan or Mesopotamia / Sumer, Bronze Age, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. This is a beautiful example of a cast bronze axe-pick with a sophisticated design to th

**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

Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ban Chiang, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A pair of petite, bronze cast oval bells with ring-like heads, the bodies with shoulders that arc gracefully downward. The surfaces of bot

**Originally Listed At $150** Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 800 to 1300 CE. A short sword or dagger with an iron blade and a round, thick bronze handle with a disc guard

**Originally Listed At $1200** East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A long, socketed bronze spearhead with a nice shape and heft. A wide, flat ridge runs up the center of the blade, w

Ancient Near East, most likely Iran, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. This is a cast copper alloy pick-axe with a round, elongated shaft hole and a butt with four blunted spikes. Where the shaft hole meets the t

East Asia, probably China, end of the first millennium BCE. This is a bronze-hilted iron short sword with a beautiful stacked disc design on the handle. This sword was probably made solely to be a gra

Southeast Asia, Cambodia, possibly Samrong Sen, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. This is an iron tool that looks very similar to ones from the Samrong Sen transitional late Bronze Age/early Iron Age archaeological

Ancient Mediterranean, Cyprus, ca. 2500 to 1900 BCE; Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Bronze to Iron Age, ca. 2000 to 600 BCE. An intimidating pair of copper weapons, a Cypriot dagger blade and an an

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Asia, Bronze Age, ca. late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A cast bronze axe head with a hollow body and raised, linear geometric motifs on its wide blade surfac

**Originally Listed At $150** Central Asia, Bronze Age, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A pair of smooth, curved, penannular bracelets, cast from bronze, each with a slightly tapering terminal and worn

China, Warring States Period, 475 to 221 BCE. This is a gorgeous, well-preserved bronze short sword with a round pommel and small guard. A bronze sword made during the Warring States Period is actuall

Central Asia, Bactria?; ca. 1st millenium B.C. An unusual vessel of elegant carinated form with raised base plate and simple engraved banding at top and bottom. Dimensions Height: 9" (23 cm) Provenanc

100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $500** Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana (