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LOT 1405
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
CIRCA 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 - 4 1/8 in. (200 grams total, 6.1-10.6 cm).
Including leaf-shaped, barbed-and-tanged, ribbed and other types. [14]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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North-West Persian Bronze Short Sword with Blood Channels
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Shaped as a two-edged bronze blade, leaf-shape with short rectangular tang with fastening hole, corrugated midrib extending almost to the tip and flared at the shoulder. 439 grams, 44.2 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The metalworking techniques used in making bronze weapons in Luristan were very complex. Surfaces were often finished in repoussé work, and some of the weapons were chased and others engraved. Many of the graves dating from the era of Kassite hegemony contain bronze and iron artefacts, including various type of weapons. These swords with shallow fullers tapering to a sharp tip have been dated by P.R.S. Moorey to the end of the 2nd millennium B.C. -
Viking Age Bearded Iron Axehead
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With broad curved blade and short spur behind the chin, narrow neck, deep socket with square-section hammer to the reverse. 588 grams, 15.5 cm
From the collection of a Californian, USA, gentleman, dating back to the late 1960s.
