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LOT 1343
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
12TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
2 - 4 1/4 in. (266 grams total, 49-108 mm).
Including triangular, barbed-and-tanged, leaf-shaped, and other types. [20]
ProvenanceEx 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.
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figures 463, 467, and 471, for some of the types.
FootnotesSome of these arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A, C and D according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders. Subtype A is substantially similar to C, but smaller.
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LOT 1343
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Composed mainly of cylindrical and tabular beads interspersed with small metal beads, the pendant a reclining lion. 43.2 grams, 43 cm
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 2000s. 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. -
Old Syrian Steatite Container with Engraved Pairs of Animals
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £450
Rectangular tray with segmented upper face, each sidewall with incuse scene of two opposed animals (horses, goats) one with a human figure interposed. 820 grams, 10.9 cm
Private collection. Acquired in 2001. Private collection, Europe. 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. -
Luristan Bronze Splayed Spear Blade
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Double-edged blade widening at the tip and forming two points at the tip, short rectangular-section tang. 112 grams, 35 cm
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.
This blade was probably for a short sword or dagger, which was transformed into a working tool.
