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LOT 1441
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
16 3/4 in. (412 grams, 42.5 cm).
Having foliate blade with central rib and slender shoulders, short rectangular shaft and tang with a bent end.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron, ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, no.176, for the type.
Footnotes
A number of similar blades, some considered to be spearheads and others to be daggers, all with bent tang, derived from Tepe Hissar Culture III. Some of them, like our specimen, have a button terminal, some others have a plain, pointed terminal. The general dating of these specimens is fixed to the early 2nd millennium B.C.
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LOT 1441
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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