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LOT 1567
Luristan Bronze Socketted Adze
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/2 in. (355 grams, 14.2 cm).
Long tubular socket, rectangular-section tapering blade with convex cutting edge.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
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LOT 1567
Luristan Bronze Socketted Adze
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Spearhead
800-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Socketted with slight horizontal cast-in grooves on the shaft, foliate head with strong mid-rib, fastening hole on the socket. 166 grams, 34.7 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
These kinds of spearheads were realised by casting in a mould. They were of different lengths and used by Luristan, Hamadan, early Median and Achaemenid warriors. -
Large Luristan Bronze Socketted Axehead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With a slender, scooped blade, a round socket and shallow scooped depression to the upper face of the blade with thick curved edge; socket chipped. 1.05 kg, 13 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Piriform with vertical socket expanding towards the narrower end. 342 grams, 67 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
