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LOT 246632

Estimate
GBP (£) 100 - 140
EUR (€) 120 - 160
USD ($) 130 - 190

Opening Bid
 £50 (EUR 58; USD 67) (+bp*)
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.

CONDITION
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