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LOT 1424
Luristan Bronze Spearhead with Circumferential Rings
9TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
10 1/4 in. (199 grams total, 26.2 cm including stand).
With broad leaf-shaped blade and tapering tubular socket, four graduated horizontal rings securing the split socket. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Overlaet, B., ‘Luristan metalwork in the Iron Age’ in Stöllner, T., Slotta, R. & Vatandoust, A. (eds.), Persiens Antike Pracht. Bergbau - Handwerk – Archäologie, Bochum, 2004, pp. 328-338, fig.7, p.335; Khorasani M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.242-243.
FootnotesThe spear belongs to the type VIII classified by Khorasani (spearheads with well-projecting midribs and long folded sockets) and more specifically to subtype C (with leaf-shaped blade and short hollow socket). Usually the willow-leaf blade has an almost straight shoulder base and a wide, flat midrib tapering towards the point.
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