WESTERN ASIATIC LUNAR-SHAPED AXE HEAD WITH RAM. Ca. 900 - 800 BC. A bronze axe head featuring a short tubular socket and a flat, asymmetrical blade with one pointed end. Along the back of the socket is a recumbent ram, recognisable by its prominent horns. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 2605, Antiquities, Lot 183. Size: 110mm x 55mm; Weight: 220g Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s.