Loading, please wait...

Luristan Bronze Spearhead Luristan Bronze Spearhead Luristan Bronze Spearhead
Use mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge
Details

LOT 1761

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.

Provenance

Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 291, p.636.

Footnotes

The 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.

CONDITION
VETTING:

TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process


AUCTIONS:

TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.

LOT 1761

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

Print page

RELATED LOTS
  • Monumental Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
    Monumental Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
    Circa 3000 B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170

    Comprising a sharply tapering lower body, parallel-sided upper body and rounded rim; decorated in dark brown with thirteen square panels with central saltire on a hatched field; repaired. 17 kg, 64 cm high



    with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12972-245238.

    Lot Details

  • Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Animals
    Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Animals
    2nd millennium B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

    Square in plan with rounded sides and corners, incuse regardant animal to underside. 10.72 grams, 26.73 mm



    From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

    Lot Details

  • Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
    Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
    2nd-1st millennium B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

    Comprising: four columns of cuneiform text; scene with a bowman among trees; nude female facing with hands pressed to her chest; row of fleeing ibexes; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 34.4 grams total, 18.1-34.1 mm



    From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

    Lot Details

Stay up-to-date with the latest from TimeLine Auctions by joining our mailing list