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LOT 1462
Achaemenid Bronze Dish
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 7/8 in. (84 grams, 12.4 cm).
Wide with carinated shoulder and everted rim, low foot.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1462
Achaemenid Bronze Dish
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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With the introduction of the socketted spearhead in the Middle East in the second half of the 3rd millennium B.C., by the middle of the 2nd millennium, these kind of spearheads became predominant throughout the ancient Near East, and the design of the spearhead remained practically unchanged since then.
