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LOT 1141
Achaemenid Bronze Arrowhead Group
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 - 1 3/8 in. (108 grams total, 23-36 mm).
Comprising 29 shafted trilobate and pyramidal points, some with barbs. [29]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
See Head, D., The Achaemenid Persian Army, Stockport, 1992, fig.13, nos.h-m, for similar; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figures 472-474, for the typology.
FootnotesThe Persians used the bow to forge their empire. They would have used bronze or iron arrows of various types which varied in length from three to four centimetres. Many were trilobite in shape, varying from the simple triangular head, the leaf-shaped head or the triangular head with square-section, tang and directional plumes. The old types, created by the Luristan armourers, were still in use in the Achaemenid period.
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LOT 1141
Achaemenid Bronze Arrowhead Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Dirk
Circa 1000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Composed of a leaf-shaped blade with a raised penannular rib and slot below the shoulder connected to the grip with lateral flanges and integral pommel, recessed to accept an organic insert. 264 grams, 37.5 cm
From an old English collection, formed in the 1980s. The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
This dirk, cast in one piece mould, belongs to the daggers that Medvedskaya believes support the thesis that majority of them were cast in one piece. However, there are examples where the penannular grip was cast on later on the dagger or dirk. -
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German WWII Stick Grenade Group
1914-1945 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
German practice stick grenade group including: a WWII model 24 Stielhandgranate with pierced red-coloured head; together with a restored relic head of WWI date. 684 grams, 44.5 cm
Acquired from The Lanes Armoury, Brighton, and Graham Currie Militaria. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by copies of the listings.
The brb-code name for Richard Rinker GmbH, was used for training German armed forces during WWII. Its distinctive appearance lead to it being dubbed the stick grenade' or 'potato masher' in British army slang. It used a friction igniter, with a pull cord running through the hollow wooden handle terminating in a porcelain ball. -
North-West Persian Bronze Dagger Blade
Late 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With prominently curved guard extending out from the ricasso partly framing the hilt, thick midrib extending slightly above the ricasso. 464 grams, 52.2 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The hilt of such swords was made separately and unfortunately is nearly always missing from the archaeological records. Similar daggers had a northern Iranian background and excavated examples have been recorded from the South Caspian area from Tomadjan and Ghalekuti.
