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LOT 1396
Luristan Decorated Bronze Spearhead
13TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
8 1/2 in. (147 grams, 21.5 cm).
With broad leaf-shaped blade and tapering square-section tang, ribbed neck.
Provenance
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. Khorasani M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.242-243.
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LOT 1396
Luristan Decorated Bronze Spearhead
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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