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LOT 1943
Luristan Bronze Javelin Head
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
17 7/8 in. (215 grams, 45.5 cm).
Comprising a slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade with midrib extending to a columnar neck with median bulb and dished collar; square-section tang with bent fish-tail finial.
ProvenanceEx Abelita collection, 1980s-2010.
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LOT 1943
Luristan Bronze Javelin Head
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Byzantine 'Greek Fire' Ceramic Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade
9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Drum-shaped body with rounded base and domed filler hole, impressed leaf motifs on the shoulder; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade. 605 grams, 12.8 cm
Ex important collection of weaponry, London, UK, 1980-1990s. Accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, dated 15 July 2019 and titled 'Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (μεσαίον kακάβιον) 9th-11th century AD'.
Apart from the use of siphons or manual flame-throwers called cheirosiphona, special corps of Roman soldiers employed terracotta grenades, in the form of small jars, abundantly evidenced in archaeological excavations. They were called μεσαία kακαβιά or κυτροκακάβια, where the former had a bulbous shape and the latter a more cylindrical form. -
British Napoleonic 'Battle of Trafalgar Period' Naval Boarding Cutlass
1801-1840 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Broad slightly curved blade with thick back and shallow fuller, narrow pointed tip; hollow iron grip with 'figure-of-eight' guard protecting the gripping hand and the knuckles; 1801-4 patent type; with old collector's tag 'British Figure of Eight Naval boarding cutlass - smooth grip pattern 1801-4 (then corrugated grip 1840)' 883 grams, 83 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The hilt pattern was replaced in 1840 by a type with similar guard but with a ribbed grip. -
Luristan Bronze Tanged Two-Handed Dagger
Bronze Age, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising a narrow triangular blade with a thick midrib, curved lip to the rear edge on each side of a square-section tang with curved end. 275 grams, 52.2 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
