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LOT 1970
Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger Blade
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
13 3/4 in. (170 grams, 34.9 cm).
Slender blade with rounded, pierced shoulders and a short tang. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1960s.
From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003), in Russian, pl.IV no.67; Christie's, Axel Guttmann collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 1, London, South Kensington, 6th November 2002, lot 31, p.34, for a similar sword.
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LOT 1970
Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger Blade
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising leaf-shaped and triangular tanged arrowheads, most with a raised midrib. 238 grams total, 8.1-18.7 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
All these bronze typologies of arrowheads were cast in moulds. Similar specimens have been found in Northwest and West Iran, Azerbaijan, Luristan and Amlash. Most of these blades are bipartite, but the definition of the bipartite type is not absolute, as it brings together weapons of very different and unrelated designs. In fact, some weapons do not have a sufficiently characteristic shape to be interpreted as a javelin or long arrowhead.
