WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE PICK HEAD AXE AND CEREMONIAL MACE. Ca. 2500 - 900 BC. A pair of bronze weapons. The first is a pick axe featuring a socketed tubular body, with a long, tapered, polygonal pick that comes to a sharp point. On the back, there is a moulded figure of a standing quadruped. The second piece is a ceremonial bronze mace head, which has a tubular body and an enlarged bulb decorated with engraved diagonal lines. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 128682; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 61.100.18. Size: 110-210mm x 40-65mm; Weight: 620g. Provenance: Private UK collection; Formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.