WESTERN ASIATIC LUNAR-SHAPED AXE HEAD WITH LION. Ca. 900 - 800 BC. A bronze axe head with a long tubular shaft extending to a crescent-shaped flat blade with pointed tips. The shaft features a simplified representation of a walking lion, rendered in a minimalistic yet recognisable form. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 129378 (type of object). Size: 125mm x 105mm; Weight: 440g Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s.