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LOT 1471
Luristan Bronze Axehead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (291 grams, 10.1 cm).
With a short socketted shaft and flange to the mouth, broadening blade towards the cutting edge.
ProvenanceEx Abelita collection, 1990s.
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Large Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
Bronze Age, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Leaf-shaped blade with prominent midrib extending to a square-section tang. 512 grams, 37 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Large Luristan Bronze Adze
Bronze Age, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Short tubular socket with raised ribs, perpendicular rectangular-section blade with convex cutting edge. 462 grams, 16.5 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Unadorned weapons, especially axes, adzes, and picks, were made by Luristan craftsmen using simple clay or stone bivalve moulds, into which a core was inserted to form the socket for the shaft. Typically, the metallic composition consisted of a combination of arsenical bronze and copper, together with a small percentage of lead. -
Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Featuring a slender leaf-shaped blade with a long tapering shaft and a rectnagular-section tang with a bent finial. 197 grams, 43.1 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s.
