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LOT 0296
Wavy Blood Channelled Bronze Short-Sword
LATE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
13 3/8 in. (258 grams, 34 cm).
A North-Western Persian dagger or short-sword blade with rounded shoulders and thick mid-rib with undulated blood-channels running to the blade tip; short tang with fastening hole.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. Thrane, H., ‘Tepe Guran and the Luristan Bronzes’ in Archaeology, Vol. 23, No.1, January, 1970, pp. 26-35, fig.p.30, for a similar dagger with a simpler mid-rib.
Footnotes
The Luri people produced a quantity of fine metalwork, which according to Dr Khorasani, could be due to a settled period which arose as a result of the defeat of the Elamites by the Babylonians, leaving the Luristani people in relative peace for a period of time after 1200 BC. According to Khorasani 'A culture of innovation and experimentation flourished, and the repertoire of the Luristan smiths expanded in the period between 1150-1050 BC.'.
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LOT 0296
Wavy Blood Channelled Bronze Short-Sword
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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