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LOT 1437

Luristan Bronze Short Sword

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER

21 3/8 in. (878 grams, 54.2 cm).

With tapering, double-edged triangular blade and central midrib; crescent-shaped, tri-lobed guard at the shoulder; restored decorated cylindrical hilt with domed stone pommel. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a North West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s.

Literature

See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006.

CONDITION

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LOT 1437

Luristan Bronze Short Sword

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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