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LOT 1478
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/8 - 6 1/4 in. (232 grams total, 6.1-16 cm).
Comprising fourteen tanged arraoheads, mostly barbed types. [14]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. for similar arrowheads Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, nos.441, 463, 467, 470, 471.
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1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Current Winning 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. -
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Mesopotamian Bronze Javelin Head
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With a foliate blade, rhomboidal in section, raised mid-rib, medium-length stem widening at its base and forming a small stop, rectangular-section tang with bent terminal. 204 grams, 38.5 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Slender double-edged blade with raised midrib and short tang. 224 grams, 42.2 cm
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