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LOT 1515

Western Asiatic Bronze Blade

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

20 5/8 in. (454 grams, 52.2 cm).

With a short tang and long blade with swept shoulders, raised midrib.

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.17.25 and 17.27, for typology.

Footnotes

In the last ninety years, many such tanged blades have been considered coming from production centres of North-West Iran, like Amlash and Marlik, where similar specimens were found. Without context an accurate dating is impossible, but the shape recalls the rapiers of Bronze Age or Early Iron Age.

CONDITION

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LOT 1515

Western Asiatic Bronze Blade

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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