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LOT 1356

Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 5/8 - 4 1/2 in. (247 grams total, 4.3-11.4 cm).

Comprising triangular types with thick midrib, heater-shaped, leaf-shaped, barbed-and-tanged, and other types. [30]

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and 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, cat.466, for one of the represented types.

CONDITION

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LOT 1356

Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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