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LOT 1450
Amlash Type Bronze Spear-Head
12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
14 3/8 in. (300 grams, 36.5cm).
Leaf-shaped blade and rectangular-section shank developing from the raised midrib, flared below with a rectangular-section tang.
Provenance
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s. cat 280, for type.
Footnotes
The weapon belongs to the type 1 of the spear-head classification of Khorasani, mainly from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C.
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LOT 1450
Amlash Type Bronze Spear-Head
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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