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LOT 1867
Luristan Bronze Macehead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (329 grams total, mace: 83 mm).
With a globular body and tubular socket with two raised collars above and a flaring base; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the late Sir Clinton Charles Donald Cory, 5th Baronet of Coryton.
Ex Philip Auction House, 24 September 1985.
Cf. Musé Cernuschi, Bronzes du Luristan: Enigmes De L'Iran Ancien IIIe-Ier millénaire ac. j.-c., Paris musées, 2008, p.103, for similar example.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Tanged Spearhead
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Slender blade with raised midrib and rectangular-section tang with clubbed finial. 370 grams, 34 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
A certain number of similar blades, some considered to be spearheads and others to be daggers, all with bent tang, derived from Tepe Hissar Culture III. Some of them, like our specimen, have a button terminal, others have a plain, pointed terminal. The general dating of these specimens is fixed to the early 2nd millennium B.C. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Macehead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising a cylindrical shaft with flared mouth, rounded flanges around the bulb, and horizontal stepped collars. 263 grams, 13.4 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Spearhead
9th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with a midrib and a long tapering socket; accompanied by a display stand, repaired. 365 grams total, spearhead: 36.5 cm (38.2 cm including stand)
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
The spear, belonging to type 3 of the Khorasani classification, was used by chariot fighters to strike each other or the enemy infantry from above. Similar specimens with longer sockets were excavated by Negahban in the Amlash area. According to Moorey, sockets as long, if not longer than the blade, are a characteristic of Iranian spearheads in the late 2nd and early 1st millennium B.C. A similar spearhead from the Tappeh Sialk has been dated to the 9th-7th century B.C.
