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LOT 1133
Bactrian Stamp Seal Collection with Standing Ibex
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (9.27 grams, 24 mm).
Comprising a domed body, underside with engraved horned animal among foliage; pierced longitudinally; accompanied with slip reading 'Bertolami Fine Arts: Oxus, sigillo in giadeite con stambecco, BFA, E74, Lot 373'.
Provenancewith Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction E74, no.373.
Private collection, Europe.
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Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising: two large tanged arrowheads, mainly of triangular type with mid-rib; two arrowheads with barbed shoulders, midrib and a stop on the blade with a long tang. 122 grams total, 12.7-15 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex Abelita family collection.
One category of the represented arrowheads has a sharp blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more triangular. The other form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, and a rhomboid or tringular blade. Godard claimed that both types of heads, barbed and not barbed, came from Luristan.
