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LOT 1265
Luristan Bronze Javelin Head
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
18 1/2 in. (225 grams, 47 cm).
Comprising a slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade with midrib extending to a columnar neck expanding to a flared collar; square-section tang with bent finial.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1265
Luristan Bronze Javelin Head
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £133
Comprising: two large tanged arrowheads, mainly of triangular type with mid-rib; other two of the same typology, but with rounded shoulders; six triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed, and paddle-shaped arrowheads with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib; one small triangular arrowhead with rounded shoulders; two arrowheads with foliate shape and short tang; a triangular type with flat mid-rib and raised corners; a long narrow triangular arrowhead with raised shoulders and long tang; one triangular blade with flat midrib and short tang; a long and narrow paddle-shaped arrowhead. 234 grams total, 3.6-15.7 cm
From the London art market, 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
A number of arrowheads of this type have been excavated in Luristan and in the South-Caspian region. Many parallels are from a burial context, but a large hoard of them was found in a non-funerary context. This type of arrowhead was in use from the late 2nd millennium B.C. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With plain globular body and circular short shaft. 310 grams, 83 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The mace in the Middle East was of great importance, and widely used in fighting activities at the end of the 4th millennium B.C. Many maces of simple spherical or pear-shaped profile have been found there, and they were quickly utilised by the military commanders as symbol of power and rank; limestone maces are still attested in the Marlik culture of 14th-10th century B.C. -
Mixed Western Asiatic and Other Beads
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising glass, lapis lazuli and other beads in various forms and sizes. 40 grams total, 2-18 mm
From the London art market, 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
