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LOT 1997
Greek Bronze Hoplite Spearhead
CIRCA 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
19 7/8 in. (295 grams, 50.3 cm).
Comprising a square-section tapering shank developing to the midrib of a leaf-shaped two-edged blade with flange to each shoulder, tang with hooked end and button finial.
ProvenanceEx Abelita collection, 1980s-2010.
LiteratureCf. Branigan, K., Aegean Metalwork of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, Oxford, 1974, item 447, for type VIII.
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LOT 1997
Greek Bronze Hoplite Spearhead
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bulbous body with rounded base and domed filler hole; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade. 590 grams, 10.3 cm
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Luristan Bronze Dagger with Integral Handle
Bronze Age, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Two-edged triangular blade with a thick median rib, crescentic pennannular guard; grip with integral pommel, socket to each face to accept a bone inlay. 340 grams, 38.5 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Medieval Warrior's Iron Chain Mail Armour Shirt
Circa 15th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
A butted short-sleeved chainmail shirt made of thick oval rings assembled in the usual system of one-to-four; in an excellent state of preservation, with over 95% of the rings intact, very few broken or corroded, with no later additions. 9.93 kg, 87 x 56 cm
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. 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 search certificate no.13066-249665.
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