Two bronze heel axes, Middle Bronze Age, 15th–14th centuries B.C.
Two shaft-hole axes with tapering blade and curved cutting edge. Elongated, slightly grooved neck. Small notch at the end of the neck of the smaller axe, the end of the larger one bevelled. Shallow flanges along the edges of the neck, forming an angular shoulder at the transition to the blade. Beautiful dark green, partially lustrous Patina. Length 13.9 and 16 cm. CULTURAL ASSET!
Provenance: A private collection from northern Germany, acquired in the 1980s on the German art market.
346395
Condition: II +
Two shaft-hole axes with tapering blade and curved cutting edge. Elongated, slightly grooved neck. Small notch at the end of the neck of the smaller axe, the end of the larger one bevelled. Shallow flanges along the edges of the neck, forming an angular shoulder at the transition to the blade. Beautiful dark green, partially lustrous Patina. Length 13.9 and 16 cm. CULTURAL ASSET!
Provenance: A private collection from northern Germany, acquired in the 1980s on the German art market.
346395
Condition: II +
