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LOT 2015
Western Asiatic Bronze Socketted Spearhead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 in. (154 grams, 25.5 cm).
Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with a midrib, a long tapering socket with a flared mouth.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureSee Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.242-243.
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LOT 2015
Western Asiatic Bronze Socketted Spearhead
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£80 (EUR 93; USD 108) +BP*
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Beja or Hadendoa Curved Dagger
Sudan, late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a thin leaf-shaped two-edged blade in an X-shaped wooden hilt with carved fluting and median rib. 188 grams, 30 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Viking Age Iron Socketted Spearhead
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Featuring a leaf-shaped blade and an expanding tubular socket. 199 grams, 25 cm
Acquired 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. -
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.
