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LOT 1502
Luristan Bronze Socketted Axehead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (367 grams, 12 cm).
With a short socketted shaft and flange to the mouth, broadening blade towards the cutting edge.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
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LOT 1502
Luristan Bronze Socketted Axehead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Each a narrow barbed-and-tanged type with a thick midrib. 216 grams total, 12.6-18.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Greek Macedonian Lead Slingshot
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Lentoid type with low-relief legend 'AΓOPOY' . 41.7 grams, 32 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
North-West Persian Bronze Blade
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Long blade with a pronounced mid-rib, openwork tubular hilt, crescentic guard. 310 grams, 37.2 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
In these daggers, the hilts were cast in the lost wax process, while the blades were cast in a mould. The openwork was cast in the original wax, and after casting was inlaid with a cream-coloured stone, which survives in some examples.
