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LOT 1344

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

11 3/4 in. (310 grams, 30 cm).

With broad leaf-shaped blade, thick square-section midrib, flared shoulder and substantial tang.

Provenance

From an old English collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.630, no.280.

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LOT 1344

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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