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LOT 0312
Luristan Bronze Spearhead Collection
CIRCA 1000-700 B.C.
13 5/8 - 15 1/4 in. (1.65 kg total, blades: 34.5-38.6 cm).
Group of three tanged spearheads, each with a slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade and midrib, tiered ribbing to the neck, square-section tang with chisel tip; mounted on a custom-made stand. [3]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
London, UK, collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13245-252972.
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003) in Russian, pl. XXXV, no.21, for the type.
FootnotesSpearheads of this kind were realised by mould casting. They were of different lengths and used by Luristan, Hamadan, early Median and Achaemenid warriors.
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