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LOT 1530
Luristan Bronze Blade with Blood Channels
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
19 1/2 in. (417 grams, 49.5 cm).
A substantial leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib extending to a short tang with attachment rivet, ribbed fullers with curved ends extending to the shoulders.
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. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 36, p.33.
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