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LOT 1432

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

16 5/8 in. (331 grams, 42.3 cm).

Triangular in profile with rounded shoulders and thick square-section mid-rib running to the tip; short flared neck and square-section tang.

Provenance

Ex Abelita family collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.628, no.275, for type.

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LOT 1432

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)

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