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LOT 1527
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 7/8 - 8 in. (225 grams total, 12.6-20.5 cm).
Comprising mainly barbed-and-tanged types. [7]
Provenance
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.
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