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LOT 1518
Luristan Decorated Bronze Macehead
900-800 B.C.
4 1/8 in. (360 grams, 10.4 cm).
With a slender, scooped blade, a round socket with a ribbed outer flange; three lobed extensions to the rear of the socket with low-relief decorative bands and zigzags, collar to mouth.
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
Literature
See Engel, N. & Overlaet, B. et al., Bronzes de Luristan, enigmes de l'Iran Ancien, IIIe-Ier millenaire av.J.C., Paris, 2008, cat.8-12, pp.73ff, for type.
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LOT 1518
Luristan Decorated Bronze Macehead
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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