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LOT 1519
Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
14 in. (319 grams, 35.6 cm).
Leaf-shaped blade with a wide midrib extending towards the flaring shaft, a rectangular-section tang with bent finial.
ProvenanceEx Abelita collection, 1990s.
LiteratureSee Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s. cat 280, for type.
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LOT 1519
Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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