Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Axehead with Roaring Lions1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with flaring blade decorated with a crouching lion with hooked axe shape coming out of its mouth; blade is attached to the haft by a lion head; haft decorated withSee Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Axehead with Boar13th-6th century BC. A bronze adze with expanding triangular-section blade, tubular socket with rib detailing, figure of a boar to the rear of the socket modelled in the round with hatched bristles anSee Sold Price
Sold2017Western Asiatic Luristan Axehead with Figures2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket and rectangular blade, slightly hooked to the underside; projecting section to the back with standing male figure to either side. 310 grams, 13cSee Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Axehead with Wrestlers2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with leaf-shaped blade with central ridge, socket with small rim to top and bottom; to the side small figures of two men wrestling. 187 grams, 16cm (6 1/4") ProSee Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Axehead13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with spiked butt, vertical socket with C-shaped rim above and below, slender blade with rounded expanding edge. 318 grams, 15cm (6") Property of a North West LondSee Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Axehead2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with rectangular blade with central ridge, socket with small rim to top and bottom; to the rear, a curved spur. 315 grams, 17cm (6 3/4") From an old German collSee Sold Price
Sold2017Western Asiatic Luristan Axehead1250-650 BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket, triangular-section blade with convex edge, scooped profile to blade; lower edge of socket acutely angled. 352 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a LonSee Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Axehead13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket and rectangular blade, ribbed collar to lower edge of the socket and open-mouthed beast-head above. 171 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2") Property of a rSee Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Axehead13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with rounded butt, vertical socket with C-shaped rim above and below, slender blade with rounded expanding edge. 80 grams, 79mm (3 1/4") From an important privateSee Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Comb Axehead2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket, ribs extending to spikes to the rear, curved blade with flange to the top and bottom edges. 281 grams, 15.5cm (6") Private collection, North LoSee Sold Price
Sold2017Western Asiatic Luristan Comb Axehead2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket, four ribs extending to spikes to the rear, curved blade with flange to the top and bottom edges. Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the UniverSee Sold Price
Sold2020Western Asiatic Luristan Ceremonial Axehead2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with crescentic blade, waisted neck with T-shaped extension to the rear. 390 grams, 13cm (5"). Property of a London collector, acquired in the early 1990s.See Sold Price
Sold2018Western Asiatic Luristan Decorated Axehead13th-6th century BC. A large bronze axehead with v-shaped socket and swept lower edge to the blade; raised rib to the socket. 345 grams, 17.8cm (7"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired prior toSee Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Lipped Axehead3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with rounded butt, vertical socket with C-shaped rim above and below, slender lentoid-section blade with rounded expanding edge. 175 grams, 10cm (4"). PriSee Sold Price
Sold2020Western Asiatic Luristan Socketted Axehead13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with ribbed elliptical socket, long neck and slightly curved edge. 433 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; acquired prior to 2000.See Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Socketted Axehead13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket and rectangular blade, ribbed collar to lower edge of the socket. 8 grams, 13cm (5") Property of a London collector; acquired London, 1980s. [See Sold Price
Sold2019Western Asiatic Luristan Lipped Axehead3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with rounded butt, vertical socket with C-shaped rim above and below, slender lentoid-section blade with rounded expanding edge. Cf. Godard, F. The Art ofSee Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Miniature Axehead2nd millennium BC. A flat-section bronze axehead with rectangular tang, trapezoidal body and flared blade with curved cutting edge. 46 grams, 96mm (3 3/4") UK art market, acquired prior to 2000.See Sold Price
Sold2022Western Asiatic Comb-Backed Axehead with Lion13th-6th century B.C. A bronze axehead with ribbed openwork socket terminating in a butt formed of four cones, the blade expanding from the mouth of a growling lion with a flowing mane; mounted on a cSee Sold Price
Sold2019Western Asiatic Luristan Axe Pendant2nd millennium BC. A bronze pendant formed as a labrys two-bladed axehead with three bands to each face connecting to the columnar shank with pierced arrow-head finial; old collector's acquisition labSee Sold Price
Sold2017Western Asiatic Luristan Lion-Headed Bracelet12th-8th century BC. A substantial silver bracelet with thick, rounded body, terminals in the form of opposed lion heads with engraved details. 255 grams, 88mm (3 1/2"). Acquired on the UK art market;See Sold Price
Sold2019Western Asiatic Achaemenid Gold Lion Pendant1st millennium BC. A gold amulet in the form of a roaring lion head made from a single gold sheet; suspension ring to the back. 0.42 grams, 16.6mm (3/4"). Property of a North London lady; gifted fromSee Sold Price
Sold2016Western Asiatic Luristan Sceptre Stem with Masks13th-6th century BC. A bronze tubular element from a sceptre with ribbed collars, band of human masks with horse-heads(?) between, finial of two lion masks. 68 grams, 11cm (4 1/4") Private collection,See Sold Price
Sold2021Urartu or Luristan Socketted Long Axehead9th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with slender expanding blade and rounded cutting edge, flared socket with stud to the reverse. See Maxwell-Hyslop, R., ‘Western Asiatic Shaft-Hole Axes’ in IraSee Sold Price
Jun 06TimeLine Auctions Ltd.Western Asiatic Silver Bracelet with Lion Head Terminals Holding a Menorah£650