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LOT 1973
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (75 grams total, 16 cm high including stand).
With spade-shaped blade, midrib, lateral barbs, round-section tang; mouned on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx Abelita collection, 1980s-2010.
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LOT 1973
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£55 (EUR 64; USD 74) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Barbed and tanged type with thick square-section neck and long tang. 179 grams total, 15-17 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1980-2010. -
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1000-700 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising fifteen tanged arrowheads, four with elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, two of squared type with flat tang, three with barbed shoulders and short cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft; two with squared shoulders and rectangular stem with handle for the shaft, one with leafed elongated blade, one with wide triangular head and long handle for the shaft, and other two long and spiked with raised midrib. 240 grams total, 7.1-16.5 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Some of the arrowheads belong to type V of the Khorasani classification: subtype D (triangular arrowheads with rounded or angular midrib) and subtype C, arrowheads with elongated, triangular shape with barbed shoulders and convex sides, and a raised midrib with a sharp central line. -
Western Siberian Iron Knife with Handle in the Shape of a Raptor
Circa 10th century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Single-edged iron blade attached to the hexagonal baluster in high-tin bronze; triple band forming a collar at the transition to the figural butt formed as a pecking raptor with long claws sitting on a stylised tree; annular punched eyes and pellets on the wings and the interior of the tree; mounted on a custom-made stand. 155 grams total, knife: 17 cm, 17.9 cm wide including stand
Ex W.L., USA, early 1990s. with Artemis Gallery, 26 September 2016, USA. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13528-263112.
Objects created in the West Siberian animal style served as ornamentation, offered protection against evil forces, and brought good fortune, while simultaneously signalling the high status of their owners. The West Siberian animal style represents a vivid artistic chapter in the history of the peoples of Western Siberia. Today, it is recognised, alongside the well-known ‘Scytho-Siberian’ and ‘Permian’ animal styles, as a distinct cultural phenomenon.
