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LOT 1570

Luristan Bronze Dagger

13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

8 in. (93 grams, 20.1 cm).

Comprising a two-edged leaf-shaped lentoid-section blade, crescentic lower guard, ribbed hilt and domed finial.

Provenance

Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

See a similar dagger in Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.VII, no.15, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 1570

Luristan Bronze Dagger

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

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