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LOT 1430

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD BLADE
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
19 3/4 in. (412 grams, 50 cm).

Tapering leaf-shaped blade with a raised midrib developing to a short rectangular-section tang, pierced at the end.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 40, p.36.

CONDITION
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