Loading, please wait...

Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
Use mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge
Details

LOT 1383

Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

3 3/4 - 6 7/8 in. (245 grams total, 9.6-17.5 cm).

Including leaf-shaped and triangular types with flat- and square-section tangs. [8]

Provenance

Ex London collection, formed 1990-2000.

CONDITION
VETTING:

TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process


AUCTIONS:

TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.

LOT 1383

Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

Print page

RELATED LOTS
  • Luristan Bronze Axehead
    Luristan Bronze Axehead
    3rd millennium B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

    With a short blade flaring towards the cutting edge, rounded projection to the butt, rolled ridge around the shaft hole. 192 grams, 75 mm



    UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.

    The type corresponds to the Gernez type H.2.Fa, of axes with symmetrical collar, rear hump and rectangular blade. The exact provenance of only three axes of this type outside Luristan are known, mainly in Elam: one was found at Tepe Giyan, a second comes from a pit tomb in Susa and the last, a miniature, belongs to level VI of Tepe Gawra, dated to the last third of the 3rd millennium B.C. All the others are known as originating from Luristan.

    Lot Details

  • Sarmatian Bronze Belt Clasp with Hare and Hound
    Sarmatian Bronze Belt Clasp with Hare and Hound
    Circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

    Openwork rectangular panel with hare-and-hound motif, two lateral fixing lugs. 19.2 grams, 60 mm



    Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.

    Belt plaques with zoomorphic motifs illustrate not only the recognised unity of the zoomorphic art of the steppes, but also the links between the Sarmatians and the eastern nomadic groups. Important in this respect are similar buckles with representations of camels (Krasnogorovka III, Kurgan 11) or Ordos-style bronze plaques from the Kuban.

    Lot Details

  • Cased Napoleonic Published French Military Artefact Collection
    Cased Napoleonic 'Published' French Military Artefact Collection
    Early 19th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

    Including musketballs, military buckles and frames, musket flints, buttons, a single-edged knife and other items in a hinged wooden case; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 1.56 kg total, 32 x 25 x 7.5 cm including case



    From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

    Lot Details

Stay up-to-date with the latest from TimeLine Auctions by joining our mailing list