A Bactrian copper axe head
Circa late 3rd - early 2nd Millennium B.C.
The blade of flared trapezoid form, the shaft socket surmounted with a recumbent goat, with horns curled at the tips and incised circular eyes, the pointed face framed by a pronounced ruff of fur, 16cm high 注脚Provenance:
Zakaria collection, Switzerland, 1965.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 9 June 2011, lot 10.
Private collection, acquired from the above sale.