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* RARE DOUBLE AXE HEAD In bronze with green patina, with a bucranium engraved in the center of each side. Double axes were common not only in Crete, but also in Greece, from the Protogeometric to the Archaic periods. Incisions of the bucranes a posteriori. 5 x 21 x 2.5 cm. Late Minoan III, ca. 1400-1050 B.C. Provenance: Rassla Foundation, Zurich A Late Minoan III bronze double Axe-Head, showing an engraved bucranium at the center on both sides. Double-ax pendants were common not only in Crete but also in Greece, from the Protogeometric through the Archaicperiod. Ca. 1400-1050 B.C. *For buyers from the European Union: This lot is sold under temporary import status. Buyers will only be charged an additional handling fee. No import VAT will be charged. Buyers inside European Union: The lot is sold under Temporary Import status. Buyers will only have to pay additional paperworks fees. No import VAT will be charged to them.

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* RARE DOUBLE AXE HEAD In bronze with green patina, with a bucranium engraved in the center of each side. Double axes were common not only in Crete, but also in Greece, from the Protogeometric to the Archaic periods. Incisions of the bucranes a posteriori. 5 x 21 x 2.5 cm. Late Minoan III, ca. 1400-1050 B.C. Provenance: Rassla Foundation, Zurich A Late Minoan III bronze double Axe-Head, showing an engraved bucranium at the center on both sides. Double-ax pendants were common not only in Crete but also in Greece, from the Protogeometric through the Archaicperiod. Ca. 1400-1050 B.C. *For buyers from the European Union: This lot is sold under temporary import status. Buyers will only be charged an additional handling fee. No import VAT will be charged. Buyers inside European Union: The lot is sold under Temporary Import status. Buyers will only have to pay additional paperworks fees. No import VAT will be charged to them.

Estimate 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

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For sale on Friday 28 Jun : 14:30 (CEST)
monte-carlo, Monaco
Hôtel des ventes de Monte-Carlo
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