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LOT 1313
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
1200-1100 B.C.
15 3/4 in. (830 grams, 40 cm).
With an ovate blade, central rib and curved shoulders, the lozenge-section long shaft tapering towards the end, a rectangular tang with a bent tip.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 291, p.636.
FootnotesThe spearhead represents a slender variant of type 1 of the Khorasani classification. The type 1 was characterised by a bent tang. It was the evolution of a typology which began much earlier in Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent, the type 4 of the Stronach classification, with a straight tang and square section, usually thickened at the base with a button tang.
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LOT 1313
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Anatolian Terracotta Ram Rhyton
19th-18th century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
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with Artemis gallery, Münich. Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1992. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N126a13 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12260-222201. -
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Syrian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Heads and Animals
Circa 1900-1800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With standing figure holding spear and two rows animals and human heads; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Description of Cylinder Seal of Soft Black Stone, 21 x 12 mm. Standing human figure holding spear above denticulated base-line, remainder divided into upper and low registers by denticulated line between rules, above five human heads, below two quadrupeds with long ears; sundry shapes fill vacant spaces, and one unidentified depiction behind the human figure's feet. Condition: fine. From Syria, c. 1900-1800 B.C.'; accompanied by a museum quality impression and a pair of red stone beads. 5.20 grams, 21 mm
Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Mesopotamian Stone Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Piriform in profile with rounded base, everted rim. 676 grams, 13.7 cm
From a collection formed before 1990. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s.
