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LOT 1106
Luristan Bronze Dirk
CIRCA 1000 B.C.
14 3/4 in. (264 grams, 37.5 cm).
Composed of a leaf-shaped blade with a raised penannular rib and slot below the shoulder connected to the grip with lateral flanges and integral pommel, recessed to accept an organic insert.
ProvenanceFrom an old English collection, formed in the 1980s.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006, p.380, Cat.12, inventory no.655.
FootnotesThis dirk, cast in one piece mould, belongs to the daggers that Medvedskaya believes support the thesis that majority of them were cast in one piece. However, there are examples where the penannular grip was cast on later on the dagger or dirk.
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LOT 1106
Luristan Bronze Dirk
Estimate £400 - 800€460 - 930 (for guidance only)$540 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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