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LOT 1045

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.

15 3/4 in. (223 grams, 40 cm).

Lanceolate profile with rounded tip and deep shoulders, short tang.

Provenance

Ex German collection, Cologne, 1980-1990s.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s. cat 270, for type;.Béguin, G., Bronzes du Luristan. Énigmes de l'Iran Ancien IIIe - Ier millénaire avant J.C., Paris, 2008, p38.

Footnotes

The metalworking techniques used in making bronze weapons in Luristan were very complex. Surfaces were often finished in repoussé work, and some of the weapons were chased, others engraved. The spearhead seems to belong to the type V (heavy spearheads) of the Khorasani's classification, having ovate blade with rounded and gently curved shoulders. Unfortunately the original mid-rib is today completely effaced.

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LOT 1045

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)

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