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LOT 1218
Large Luristan Bronze Spearhead
14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
16 7/8 in. (185 grams, 43 cm).
With rounded shoulders and square-section mid-rib running to the tip; short tang.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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.
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.628, no.275, for type.
FootnotesThe spearhead belongs to the type VI spearhead of the Khorasani classification. It is characterised by a long blade and short tang, slightly rounded shoulders and pronounced midrib. Similar weapons were excavated by Prof. Negahban in the royal cemetery of Marlik.
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