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LOT 1411
Greek Style Reproduction Helmet
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
9 5/8 in. (709 grams, 24.6 cm).
Modelled on the Corinthian form with broad nasal and fixed chek-protectors, rolled edges. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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Luristan Bronze Short Dagger
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From a Mayfair, London gallery, 1990s. -
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Socketted Axehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
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Luristan Bronze Horse Bit with Animals
Circa 11th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Comprising a pair of ram-shaped cheek-pieces with a hole through the body for the straight mouthpiece with looped terminals. 690 grams, 17.5 cm wide
From a collection formed in Paris in the 1990s.
The horse bits were transformed by Luristan people in to expressions of applied art. Metalworkers employed animal motifs, both realistic and imaginary, for their cheek-pieces. The question of whether these horse bits were for real use or only for use in a funerary context is superfluous, as signs of wear have been documented, and the goads and loops on interiors are functionally designed. The use of such horse bits is clearly documented in Assyrian reliefs of the time of Sennacherib (705-681 B.C.).
