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LOT 1532
Western Asiatic Bronze Macehead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/4 in. (263 grams, 13.4 cm).
Comprising a cylindrical shaft with flared mouth, rounded flanges around the bulb, and horizontal stepped collars.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Musée Cernuschi, Bronzes du Luristan: Enigmes De L'Iran Ancien IIIe-Ier millénaire ac. j.-c., Paris Musées, 2008, p.103, for type.
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LOT 1532
Western Asiatic Bronze Macehead
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£90 (EUR 104; USD 122) +BP*
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Celtic Iron Open Socketted Splayed Axehead
Late Hallstatt-Early La Tene Period, circa 450 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £20
Flaring blade with a rectangular-section folded socket. 155 grams, 84 mm
Ex M. Spiegelberg collection, since 1989-1992; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a previous yellow cataloguing slip. -
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Medieval Iron Hand-and-Half Sword with Bronze Pommel with Coat of Arms
13th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £2,500
Comprising: two-edged lenticular-section piled blade (Oakshott's Type XII) with gentle taper overall to a narrow point; quillons round in section with taper to ends and hooked finial; broad flat-section tang tapering to the upper end; disc pommel of Oakshott's Type K with scooped border to each face, central disc with beaded rim, inner heater-shaped panel with reserved cross potent. 1.32 kg, 101 cm
From the private family collection of a lady, UK; acquired in Germany, mid-20th century. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13303-257659. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Spearhead
9th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £90
Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with a midrib and a long tapering socket; accompanied by a display stand, repaired. 365 grams total, spearhead: 36.5 cm (38.2 cm including stand)
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
The spear, belonging to type 3 of the Khorasani classification, was used by chariot fighters to strike each other or the enemy infantry from above. Similar specimens with longer sockets were excavated by Negahban in the Amlash area. According to Moorey, sockets as long, if not longer than the blade, are a characteristic of Iranian spearheads in the late 2nd and early 1st millennium B.C. A similar spearhead from the Tappeh Sialk has been dated to the 9th-7th century B.C.
