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LOT 1078
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 - 6 in. (74 grams total, 10.7 - 15 cm).
Four tanged arrowheads of mainly leaf-shaped types, three with pronounced midribs. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx G. White collection, 1990s.
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Medieval Bronze Socketted Macehead
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising four large pyramidal projections, four smaller above and below, ropework detailing; circular shaft hole. 286 grams, 67 mm
Acquired in Munich in the 1970s. From an old German collection. -
Medieval Iron Single-Edged Dagger
15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
The blade with a tapering, triangular cross-section and tang with rivet holes; wedge-shaped domed pommel. 131 grams, 31.5 cm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
This is a weapon rather than a domestic knife, and is depicted as a sidearm for soldiers and knights alike in various iconography. This type of dagger was in use from the 14th to mid 16th century, and this example finds similarities with Hauswehrs used in the Eastern Europe during the 15th-16th century A.D. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Long Sword
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Composed of a tanged and barbed blade with raised midrib to both faces, extending the full-length of the weapon. 470 grams, 57 cm
Private UK collection, 1980s. Ex London gallery.
In the last ninety years many such tanged blades have been considered coming from centres of production of North-West Iran, like Amlash and Marlik. Without context an accurate dating is impossible, but the shape recalls the rapiers of Bronze Age or Early Iron Age.
