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LOT 1455
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/8 - 7 in. (287 grams total, 6.2-17.7 cm).
Mainly barbed and tanged types of slender profile. [10]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1455
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Elaborate Canaanite Bronze 'Anchor' Axehead
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Comprising a deep crescentic blade with two spurs at each end intended to brace against the shaft, a narrow neck, and flared socket with vertical spurs to the reverse and a knop finial. 305 grams, 11.2 cm wide
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Elamite Decorated Bronze Axehead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
With a short socketted shaft with hatched panel, triangular-section blade with reeded upper edge, broadening towards the cutting edge. 390 grams, 96 mm
French collection, 1980s. Acquired on the London art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Greek and Other Bronze Arrowhead Collection
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
The group comprising triangular trilobate types, all socketted. 63.5 grams total, 24-42 mm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
In the Greek warfare, archers were mainly employed by Scythians and Cretans. Both used composite bows made of wood, horn, bone and sinew. This explains the great range of Scythian arrowheads found on the Greek sites.
