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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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LOT 1485
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Dagger
13th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
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Acquired on the UK art market, 1990s. Private collection, New York, USA.
The art of Luristan can be described as the art of nomadic herdsmen and horsemen with an emphasis on the crafting of small, easily portable objects, among these a great number of bronze weapons. The rich and noble aristocrats of Luristan, Elamites, Hurrians, Lullubians, Kutians, and Kassites went to battle splendidly equipped and wore magnificent bronze armour, using maces, spears and daggers as offensive weapons, alongside spears, bows and arrows.
