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LOT 1522
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
16 5/8 in. (643 grams, 42.2 cm).
Foliate blade with a central rib and slender shoulders, short rectangular shaft and tang with a bent finial.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron, ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, no.176, for the type.
FootnotesA number of similar blades, some considered to be spearheads and others to be daggers, all with a bent tang, derived from Tepe Hissar Culture III. Some of them, like our specimen, have a button terminal, and 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 1522
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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