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LOT 1114

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.

Provenance

From an old English collection, formed in the 1980s.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.

Literature

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.

Footnotes

This 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1114

Luristan Bronze Dirk

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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