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LOT 1406
Luristan Bronze Leaf-Shaped Spearhead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/2 in. (379 grams, 32 cm).
Slender and leaf-shaped with lozenge-sectioned midrib, round-section tang with right-angled termination.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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