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LOT 1983
Large Luristan Bronze Arrowhead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (50.6 grams, 16.6 cm).
With lanceolate head, square-section neck and rounded shoulders. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1983
Large Luristan Bronze Arrowhead
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £50
Biconical in profile with a brownish patina, one side decorated with a double-axe labrys. 30.5 grams, 27 mm
Previously property of an Austrian collector, Vienna, Austria. From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.
Since Minoan times, the labrys was an important symbol in the Greek world, illustrating power. This glans can be linked to lead bullets showing the same labrys symbol on one side and the name 'ΤΕΙΣΕΑ' on the other side. The name 'Τεισέας' might come from Caria or Lycia.
