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LOT 1422
Eurasian Tinned Bronze Sword Chape
12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 3 1/2 in. (110 grams total, 84-89 mm).
Modelled as an openwork duck perching with wings folded and bill open; integral feather and other detailing; broken. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Luristan Decorated Bronze Spearhead
13th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
With broad leaf-shaped blade and tapering square-section tang, ribbed neck. 147 grams, 21.5 cm
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Sword
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
The hilt with mushroom-shaped pommel, round grip, crescentic guard with double horizontal bars, long sloping blade with rounded mid-ridge. 743 grams, 48 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
This category of swords has been classified by Khorasani as 'swords with a mushroom pommel' and are usually characterised by a solid-cast hilt with a penannular guard, a ribbed or variously decorated grip and the conical hollow-cast mushroom pommel. Usually the blade is multi-fullered and tapers to a sharp tip. Moorey considers them to be from the end of the 2nd millennium B.C. -
Luristan Bronze Spearhead Blade
14th-10th century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £130
With rounded shoulders and square-sectioned mid-rib running to the blade tip; short tang with fastening hole. 45 grams, 46.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The spearhead belongs to the type VI spearhead of the Khorasani classification. It is characterised by a long blade and short tang, slightly rounded shoulders and pronounced midrib. Similar weapons were excavated by Prof. Negahban in the royal cemetery of Marlik.
