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LOT 1511
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 - 7 in. (319 grams total, 7.4-18 cm).
Including barbed-and-tanged, spade-shaped and other types. [13]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff, nos. 396, 398-401, 407,412,416.
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LOT 1511
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Large North-West Persian Bronze Dirk
Early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Slender blade with raised midrib and a short tang. 217 grams, 39.7 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1990s. -
Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £50
Featuring a slender leaf-shaped blade with a long tapering shaft and a rectnagular-section tang with a bent finial. 197 grams, 43.1 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
Medieval Iron Hand-and-Half Sword with Bronze Pommel with Coat of Arms
13th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £2,500
Comprising: two-edged lenticular-section piled blade (Oakshott's Type XII) with gentle taper overall to a narrow point; quillons round in section with taper to ends and hooked finial; broad flat-section tang tapering to the upper end; disc pommel of Oakshott's Type K with scooped border to each face, central disc with beaded rim, inner heater-shaped panel with reserved cross potent. 1.32 kg, 101 cm
From the private family collection of a lady, UK; acquired in Germany, mid-20th century. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13303-257659.