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LOT 1339
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 - 7 1/8 in. (222 grams total, 9.5-18.2 cm).
Including large tanged, barbed, sword-shaped and other types. [8]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1339
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Luristan Bronze Dagger Blade
800-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With a triangular blade fitted with three fullers, with a handle cast onto the blade, showing three fastening holes. 72 grams, 20 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
These weapons belong to the Early Median and Achaemenid Period. The blades were often inserted inside an openwork scabbard, cast with the lost wax process, while the handle was instead cast onto the blade. -
Western Asiatic Stone Flower Roundel with Inlays
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Plano-convex in section with radiating petal-shaped sockets to the underside each folled with a coloured inlay, discoid sockets between. 20.4 grams, 37 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, England. -
South Arabian Alabaster Male Head
Late 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,222
Carved in the round with deep-set eyes and broad aquiline nose; hair and short beard modelled with stippled surface; slender neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.17 kg total, 18 cm high including stand
Formerly private European collection. with Christie's, New York, 7 December 1995, no.116. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12262-222127.