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LOT 1416
Anglo-Saxon Iron Socketed Spearhead
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (67 grams, 18 cm).
With leaf-shaped blade and long split-socket socket, Swanton's Type D1. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
LiteratureCf. Swanton, M.J., Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements, London, 1973, fig.18(a,b).
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
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Greek Style Reproduction Helmet
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Jin Jurchen Warrior Signed Suit of Iron Plate Armor
Jin Dynasty, early 13th century A.D.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,200
A complete suite of rectangular iron plates to form a protective coat; the plates provided with a series of holes close to the long edges by which they were laced together into articulating panels; one plate with inscription in Chinese script recording: 'first month of the Datong era / control of the propagation of Armour. Yanhui'. 8.5 kg total, 3-11.1 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12051-216403.
The Datong Era (大同, 1224–1233) is a name used for the reign of Puxian Wannu, a Jurchen warlord who established the Eastern Xia Dynasty in 13th century China. However, the war with the Jurchen states took more than 30 years: having first invaded the Jurchen borders in 1211, the Mongols finally defeated the Jin Empire only in 1234, while the Eastern Xia fell in 1246.
