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LOT 1457
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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
See a similar dagger in Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.VII, no.15, for type.
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