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LOT 1447

Luristan Bronze Short Sword

13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

14 in. (279 grams, 35.7 cm).

With lentoid-section blade, tongue-shaped in plan with integral tapering hilt with flared finial, lateral flanges to accept a panel of bone to each face forming the grip, mounting pegs at neck. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex British private collection, Buckinghamshire, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA22; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.381, cat.13.

CONDITION

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LOT 1447

Luristan Bronze Short Sword

Sold for (Inc. bp): £221

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