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LOT 1269
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 - 7 5/8 in. (278 grams total, 7.2-19.3 cm).
Comprising fifteen tanged arrowheads, mostly barbed types.
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.445, 467, 470.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
19th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising tanged arrowheads, most with barbs. 145 grams total, 30-98 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Deer and Scorpion
Circa 1500-1300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Barrel-shaped with incuse frieze of a leaping deer and a scorpion, pellets in the field; supplied with an old dealer's ticket and a museum-quality impression. 13 grams, 22 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous handwritten catalogue note card. -
Western Asiatic Cream Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed mainly of oblate beads, restrung. 14.2 grams, 40.5 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.
