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LOT 1485
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
1000–650 B.C.
8 in. (96 grams total, 20.5 cm including stand).
Slender blade with raised midrib, a collar beneath the shoulders and a rectangular-section tang; set in a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, Suffolk.
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Western Asiatic Polished Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £50
With slightly carinated equator to the globular body and tubular shaft. 377 grams, 91 mm
From the collection of North West London, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
Luristan Bronze Socketted Axehead
Circa 2200-1600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Curving blade and a tubular socket with decorative collars. 246 grams, 10 cm
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Celtic Iron Open Socketted Splayed Axehead
Late Hallstatt-Early La Tene Period, circa 450 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Curving blade and a rectnagular-section socket with thickened rim. 332 grams, 10.7 cm
Ex M. Spiegelberg collection, since 1989-1992; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a previous yellow cataloguing slip.
