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LOT 1048
Luristan Dagger with Mushroom Pommel
13TH CENTURY B.C.
16 1/8 in. (491 grams, 41 cm).
A bronze short dagger with double-edged blade, central rib to both sides, a slender fullered handle with a high conical pommel.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.393, cat.31, for similar type.
FootnotesThe sword has a solid cast hilt with a straight horizontal guard. However, its main characteristic is the exaggerated mushroom pommel, which resembles the type dated by Moorey to the end of the 2nd millennium B.C. According to some authors, these swords were produced in Northern Iran and dated between 1400-1200 B.C.
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LOT 1048
Luristan Dagger with Mushroom Pommel
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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The metalworking techniques used in making bronze weapons in Luristan were very complex. Surfaces were often finished in repoussé work, and some of the weapons were chased, others engraved.
