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LOT 1548
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 - 2 1/8 in. (114 grams total, 36-53 mm).
Comprising tanged arrowheads, most with barbs.
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. 408-409.
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LOT 1548
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Socketted Bronze Axe Head Sar-e Tabar
Circa 2200-1600 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Comprising a wide curving blade and long neck with a band of herringbone decoration at the base, tubular neck with claw-like extension to the rear and a decorative diagonal band to both sides. 308 grams, 10.6 cm
Acquired on the Swiss art market, 1997. Private collection, Europe.
Similar examples of axeheads were produced in Luristan, and early parallels date back to 2200 B.C. They have moulding bands at the base, and the shaft is often crosshatched, showing different lozenge-shaped figures. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Sword Blade
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Slender double-edged blade with raised midrib and short tang. 224 grams, 42.2 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Spearhead
Early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
The blade with rounded shoulders, the raised midrib extending to the shaft, a rectangular-section tang below. 400 grams, 33.8 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1990s.
