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LOT 1534
Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
12 in. (275 grams, 30.4 cm).
Large leaf-shaped blade with a narrow midrib and 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.270, for type.
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LOT 1534
Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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