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LOT 1415
Indo-Persian Enamelled Brass Shield Pair
20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 3/4 in. (996 grams total, 27.3 cm).
Each with flange rim and four applied bosses to the face for attachment of the rear straps, design of reserved foliage, birds and harpies on an enamelled field. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman collector.
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Post Medieval Bronze Decorated Scabbard Section
17th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Fragment of scabbard for a narrow two-edged sword; with three transverse bands of impressed crosses, lozenges and rosettes; edges butted to reverse. 39 grams, 13 cm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
19th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed, paddle-shaped with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib, and others. 176 grams total, 25-77 mm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Some of the represented arrowheads (paddle-shaped) were typical of the Old Babylonian Empire. The shoulders were pronounced and the arrowhead had a rectangular-section tapering tang. This simple form was popular throughout and such items are comparatively common finds in the Holy Land. -
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With lentoid-section blade, median rib and curved shoulders, tapering towards the end, rectangular stub tang. 262 grams, 36 cm
English private collection, late 1970s-early 1980s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
