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LOT 1547
Luristan Bronze Short Sword
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
19 3/4 in. (499 grams, 50 cm).
Triangular blade with single median rib, crescent-shaped hollow pommel open at the edges to accept an organic insert, columnar grip and lower guard at the juncture between hilt and blade. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Mahboubian, H., Art of the Ancient Iran, London, 1997, no.385a, for similar.
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