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LOT 1545
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 - 7 in. (314 grams total, 6.5-18 cm).
Comprising mainly large barbed-and-tanged types. [15]
ProvenanceFrom a London collection, 1990s-2000.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Large Luristan Bronze Spearhead
1200-1100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With ovate blade, central rib and curved shoulders, the lozenge-section long shaft tapering towards the end, rectangular tang with bent tip. 432 grams, 42.5 cm
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.
The spearhead represents a slender variant of type 1 of Khorasani classification. The type 1 was characterised by the bent tang. It was the evolution of a typology which began much earlier in Mesopotamia and the fertile crescent, the type 4 of the Stronach classification, with straight tang and square section, usually thickened at the base with a button tang. -
Medieval Iron Anti-Cavalry Caltrop Collection
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Each hand-forged with square-section spikes, designed so that however the item falls, one spike is always vertical. 277 grams total, 78-99 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising mainly barbed-and-tanged, socketed-and-tanged and leaf-shaped types. 410 grams total, 5.1-19 cm
From a London collection, 1990s-2000. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
