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LOT 1207
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/8 - 1/4 in. (4.94 grams total, 3-6 mm).
Mainly granule clusters in rings. [28]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 1207
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Mace Head
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Comprising a long cylindrical shaft with narrow flanged base, the upper section with three vertical relief panels decorated by round spikes alternated with wavy pattern, divided and bordered by two parallel ridges, similar band with three ridged horizontal grooves at the top and around the base. 357 grams, 19.3 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
This gorz mace head belongs to the category of truncheon-shaped mace-heads, a type developed on the Iranian plateau during the Bronze Age, used by Elamite and Luristan warriors since the 3rd millennium B.C. This category of objects was also interpreted as a part of a shaft, but most scholars agree on the interpretation of use as a mace. -
Luristan Bronze Arrows and Blades
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
Including barbed-and-tanged, slender leaf-shaped and other types. 504 grams total, 10-22.2 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £416
Comprising a quantity of beads in lapis lazuli, glass and faience, including some long tubular beads and a shell bead. 58 grams total, 1-30 mm
From a bead collection formed in the 1990s.
