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LOT 1061

Luristan Sword Blade with Blood Channels

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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LOT 1061

Luristan Sword Blade with Blood Channels

Sold for (Inc. bp): £229

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