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LOT 1539
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 - 6 3/4 in. (260 grams total, 5-17 cm).
Comprising fourteen tanged arrowheads, mainly barbed and leaf-shaped types. [14]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. for similar arrowheads Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff, nos. 396,407; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, nos. 467,470.
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LOT 1539
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Byzantine 'Greek Fire' Ceramic Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade
9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform body with domed filler-hole; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade. 455 grams, 14.6 cm
From an important specialist collection, London, UK, 1990s. Accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, dated 15 July 2019 and titled 'Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (μεσαίον kακάβιον) 9th-11th century AD'.
Apart from the use of siphons or manual flame-throwers called cheirosiphona, special corps of Roman soldiers employed terracotta grenades, in the form of small jars, abundantly evidenced in archaeological excavations. They were called μεσαία kακαβιά or κυτροκακάβια, where the former had a bulbous shape and the latter a more cylindrical form. -
Western Asiatic Paddle-Shaped Axehead
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
With a paddle-shaped, curving blade, a short neck, and an oval-shaped socket with a comma-shaped extension on the rear. 250 grams, 15.3 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Bronze Tanged and Rivetted Spearhead
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Comprising a triangular blade with a narrow midrib, a short tang with two attachment studs in situ. 184 grams, 32 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
