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LOT 0317
Luristan Bronze Long Sword with Double-Edged Blade and Domed Pommel
CIRCA 1200 B.C.
25 3/4 in. (1.12 kg, 65.5 cm).
With a tapering, double-edged, triangular blade and three-column midrib; crescent-shaped guard at the shoulder; cylindrical hilt with grips, domed pommel with recesses for inlay.
Provenance
Ex German collection.
with Hermann Historica, Munich, Germany, 2008.
Private collection, New York, USA.
Literature
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, cat.35, for type.
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LOT 0317
Luristan Bronze Long Sword with Double-Edged Blade and Domed Pommel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
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