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Large Luristan Bronze Collared Spearhead Large Luristan Bronze Collared Spearhead Large Luristan Bronze Collared Spearhead
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LOT 1017

Large Luristan Bronze Collared Spearhead

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

18 1/8 in. (300 grams, 46 cm).

Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib extending to the round-section long shank, raised collar above a rectangular section tang, fastened by bending to a right-angle.

Provenance

Ex London art market, 1980-1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXIII, no.82, from Tepe Hissar; Gernez, G., L’armament en métal au Proche et Moyen-Orient: des origines a 1750 av. J.C., Paris, 2007, p.301, fig.2.88, subtype L2.B.b.

Footnotes

The specimen belongs to the category of tripartite spears with long pointed biconvex blade and single bevelled tang. They seem to be a Mesopotamian and Susian (Elamite) variant, and this type also includes decorated blades, like the spear from Tello with the inscription 'King of Kish'.

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LOT 1017

Large Luristan Bronze Collared Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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