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LOT 1195
Elamite Bronze 'Pineapple' Macehead
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (273 grams, 12.6 cm).
A hollow-formed tubular neck with flared rim and segmented collar, bulb above with deep latticework effect, tapering finial with trumpet-shaped flange collar.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid-1980s to early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cf. Moorey, P.R.S., Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Adam Collection, Oxford, 1974, p.49, for type.
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LOT 1195
Elamite Bronze 'Pineapple' Macehead
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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