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LOT 1531

Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 7/8 - 6 3/8 in. (94 grams total, 12.5-16.1 cm).

Comprising: two large triangular arrowheads with barbed shoulders and rounded midrib; one large arrowhead with lanceolate head and rounded shoulders. [3]

Provenance

Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figs. 463 and 467, for similar types.

Footnotes

The arrowheads belong to the type V of the classification of Khorasani: subtype D (triangular arrowheads with rounded or angular midrib) and subtype C, arrowheads with elongated, triangular shape with barbed shoulders and convex sides, and a raised midrib with a sharp central line.

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LOT 1531

Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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