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LOT 1990
Luristan Bronze Tanged and Rivetted Spearhead
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 5/8 in. (184 grams, 32 cm).
Comprising a triangular blade with a narrow midrib, a short tang with two attachment studs in situ.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Negahban, E., Weapons from Marlik, Berlin, 1995, plate IX, no.117; Khorasani M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 283, for type.
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LOT 1990
Luristan Bronze Tanged and Rivetted Spearhead
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£80 (EUR 93; USD 108) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising leaf-shaped and triangular tanged arrowheads, most with a raised midrib. 238 grams total, 8.1-18.7 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
All these bronze typologies of arrowheads were cast in moulds. Similar specimens have been found in Northwest and West Iran, Azerbaijan, Luristan and Amlash. Most of these blades are bipartite, but the definition of the bipartite type is not absolute, as it brings together weapons of very different and unrelated designs. In fact, some weapons do not have a sufficiently characteristic shape to be interpreted as a javelin or long arrowhead. -
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Western Asiatic Polished Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
Beja or Hadendoa Curved Dagger with Sheath
Sudan, late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a thin leaf-shaped two-edged blade with curved tip in an X-shaped wooden hilt with carved fluting; leather sheath with stamped detailing and suspension ring to reverse. 140 grams, 26.5 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
