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LOT 1967
Khazar Iron Sabre Relic
8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
32 1/4 in. (510 grams, 82 cm long).
A single-edged hand-forged sabre with a gently curving blade and shallow tip; small ferrous crossguard with lobe finials; domed stud to the grip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market, 2022.
Private collection, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Cf. Lebedinsky, I., De l’Épée Scythe au Sabre Mongol, Paris, 2008, pp.172ff., for type.
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LOT 1967
Khazar Iron Sabre Relic
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Circa 2000 B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £1,350
Featuring a blunt fan-shaped blade and a sloping counterbalance to the rear; the edge of the blade decorated with an undulating border, embellished with a bulging eye relief on each side of the socket; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 537 grams total including stand, axehead: 20 cm wide
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Medieval Iron Single-Edged Knife
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Featuring a slender triangular-section blade and a flat-section tang with rivets still in situ. 208 grams, 35.6 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s. -
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1000-700 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising fifteen tanged arrowheads, four with elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, two of squared type with flat tang, three with barbed shoulders and short cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft; two with squared shoulders and rectangular stem with handle for the shaft, one with leafed elongated blade, one with wide triangular head and long handle for the shaft, and other two long and spiked with raised midrib. 240 grams total, 7.1-16.5 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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