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LOT 0299

Estimate
GBP (£) 400 - 600
EUR (€) 460 - 690
USD ($) 540 - 800

LURISTAN BRONZE 'PINEAPPLE' MACEHEAD
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (272 grams, 12.5 cm high).

Of Sara Gorz type with cylindrical shaft extended over the top, rounded knobs around the swollen head, flanked by horizontal grooved bands.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired mid 1980s to early 1990s.
Private family collection formed in London, UK.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Musé Cernuschi, Bronzes du Luristan: Enigmes De L'Iran Ancien IIIe-Ier millenaire ac. j.-c., Paris musées, 2008, p.103, for a comparable item.

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