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LOT 1409
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
CIRCA 1000 B.C.
9 in. (112 grams, 22.8 cm).
With short foliate blade, shallow midrib and long socketted shaft with fastening holes. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. Khorasani, M. M., Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, cat.292-293, for type.
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