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LOT 1110

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

LARGE LURISTAN BRONZE SPEARHEAD
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
15 1/4 in. (442 grams, 38.7 cm).

Composed of a leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib to both faces, broad shaft to flange, tapering tang. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Private UK collection, 1980s.
Ex London gallery.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, p.36, no.40; cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.630, no.280.

FOOTNOTES:
The spearhead belongs to a typology of spears widespread in the Marlik region, which Negahban divided into two categories. This spearhead belongs to type I, spearheads with long blades, broad midrib, rectangular sectioned tang and reinforced shaft opening to reveal the tang and rounded shoulders.

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