{"product_id":"mx1509","title":"A bronze Axehead, Koban Culture, ca. 9th - 8th century BCE","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eKoban culture is a late Bronze Age and Iron Age culture of the northern and central Caucasus. It is preceded by the Colchian culture of the western Caucasus and the Kharachoi culture further east. It is named after the village of Koban, Northern Ossetia, wherein 1869 battle-axes, daggers, decorative items and other objects were discovered in a kurgan. Later, further sites were uncovered in the central Caucasus.  This rare example features an elliptical shaft-hole and crescentic blade and hammer at right angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCf: On the way to the Golden Fleece. Archaeological Findings from Georgia, exhibition catalog, Munich Staatliche Museum, 1995, p. 284, no. 230, pl. 107f.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e:  Length: 5-3\/4 inches (14.5 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIntact and in excellent condition overall.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWith museum-quality custom stand.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e:  \u003c\/span\u003eEx-Andrew Green collection, Ex-David Kennedy collection, acquired at London Art Market in late 1980's.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Banks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41510457540746,"sku":"MX1509","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/5167\/0922\/products\/MX1509.jpg?v=1658126019","url":"https:\/\/client-446.myshopify.com\/en-de\/products\/mx1509","provider":"Wixpa Demo Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}