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LOT 1208
Syro-Hittite Bronze Helmetted Figure
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (76 grams, 93 mm).
Modelled as a standing nude figure wearing a tall conical helmet, arms pulled behind the back and forming two lugs.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 1208
Syro-Hittite Bronze Helmetted Figure
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
13th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £65
Comprising triangular types with thick midrib, heater-shaped, leaf-shaped, and other types. 340 grams total, 8.7-17.5 cm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
One category of the represented arrowheads has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more triangular. Another form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, and a narrow leaf-shaped blade.
