Western Asiatic Luristan Arrowhead Collection

13th-6th century BC. A mixed group of bronze blades comprising: a leaf-shaped dagger blade with short tang; a leaf-shaped tanged dagger blade, tip absent; a leaf-shaped arrowhead with long tang; a nar

13th-6th century BC. A mixed bronze arrowhead group comprising: two triangular with curved spurs to the rear; two tongue-shaped; one leaf-shaped with midrib. 132 grams total, 13-15.5cm (5 - 6"). Prope

13th-6th century BC. A mixed group of large tanged bronze arrowheads comprising two leaf-shaped, two triangular with lateral spurs, one heater-shaped. 122 grams total, 10-15.5cm (4 - 6"). Property of

13th-6th century BC. A bronze triangular arrowhead with barbs and thick midrib, neck with pointillé ornament, lozenge-section tang. 35.7 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentle

A mixed group of undated archaistic cast bronze arrowheads comprising: three barbed and tanged; four broad barbed and socketed; two slender barbed and socketed; one similar with lateral spur. 251 gram

2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket, ribs extending to spikes to the rear, curved blade with flange to the top and bottom edges. 281 grams, 15.5cm (6") Private collection, North Lo

13th-6th century BC. A cast bronze fastener comprising a round-section ring with discoid plaque, ram-head modelled in the round. 18 grams, 41mm (1 3/4"). From the collection of a North West London gen

13th-6th century BC. A group of bronze two-edged dagger blades and a spearhead. 239 grams, 17-21cm (6 3/4 - 8 1/4"). From the property of a London gentleman; formerly in a UK collection, acquired in t

2nd millennium BC. A bronze tubular macehead with ribbed sockets, two median bands of projecting lugs. 167 grams, 62mm (2 1/2"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1990s.

13th-6th century BC. A bronze short sword blade with triangular blade and pierced tang, broad median rib. 290 grams, 36cm (14"). Ex Cologne private collection.

13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with ribbed elliptical socket, long neck and slightly curved edge. 433 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; acquired prior to 2000.

2nd millennium BC. A bronze triangular blade with raised midrib, short tang pierced for attachment. 360 grams, 42.5cm (16 3/4"). From a North West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s.

13th-6th century BC. A tubular bronze sleeve with flanged ends and rib, three rows of three triangular spikes. 113 grams, 82mm (3 1/4"). From an important private London collection; formed in the 1970

Ancient Western Asiatic Luristan type bronze Dagger , circa 1000-800 B.C. A flanged hilt and blade finely cast in one piece. Size 24.5 cm x 3 cm Ex private NY collection purchase from Grays antique ma

An undated archaistic hollow-formed bronze macehead with ribbed lower body. 319 grams, 67mm (2 3/4"). Private collection, Buckinghamshire, UK. [No Reserve]

c. 1200 to 800 BC. Western Asiatic, Luristan culture. Beautiful, simple bronze bowl. Shallow with slightly extended rim. Good condition; superb patina. Provenance: From an old British collection forme

1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with flaring blade decorated with a crouching lion with hooked axe shape coming out of its mouth; blade is attached to the haft by a lion head; haft decorated with

13th-6th century BC. A tubular bronze macehead with gusseted collar to the lower end, ropework bands with geometric infill below a frieze of profile standing figures in ropework cells with hands clasp

13th-6th century BC. A hollow-cast bronze tapering socket with folded leg detail to the underside, short curved neck, triangular head with pellet eyes, triangular beard and recurved horns attached to

13th-6th century BC. A bronze whetstone finial in the form of a leaping ibex with tubular body, forelegs drawn up beneath the shoulders, arched neck, curved horns with lobes to the outer faces; mounte

13th-6th century BC. A bronze adze with expanding triangular-section blade, tubular socket with rib detailing, figure of a boar to the rear of the socket modelled in the round with hatched bristles an

13th-7th century BC. A group of four bronze weapons comprising: a slender spearhead with raised midrib, short pierced tang; a leaf-shaped spearhead with raised midrib, long tubular socket with rivet h

2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket and rectangular blade, slightly hooked to the underside; projecting section to the back with standing male figure to either side. 310 grams, 13c

13th-6th century BC. A bronze dagger or dirk with parallel-sided blade, broad midrib, lower guard with flange shoulders and grip, T-shaped finial. See Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran. The Br