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LOT 1061
Sold for (Inc. bp): £229
LURISTAN SWORD BLADE WITH BLOOD CHANNELS
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
16 1/4 in. (422 grams, 41.5 cm).
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
16 1/4 in. (422 grams, 41.5 cm).
A substantial bronze leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib extending to a short tang, ribbed fullers with curved ends extending to the shoulders.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the 1990s.
With a London, UK, gallery.
Property of a London collector; from her family's private collection.
LITERATURE:
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s. cat 31, for type.
FOOTNOTES:
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.
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AUCTIONS:
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