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LOT 1461
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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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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