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**Originally Listed At $350**
Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran / Turkey, Luristan, late Bronze to early Iron Age, ca. 2000 to 600 BCE. A collection of 3 ancient bronze spear tips, each with cylindrical socketing shafts for mounting on a wooden pole. The spear with the smallest blade head was allegedly from the border region between Iran and Afghanistan according to previous seller's COA. Size of largest: 7" L x 1.6" W (17.8 cm x 4.1 cm)
Provenance: private Everett, Massachusetts, USA collection; smallest spear acquired from BC Galleries, Armadale, Austalia in 2003; larger spears both acquired from Art Ancient, UK, in 2014; ex-Private British collection.
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#183054
Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran / Turkey, Luristan, late Bronze to early Iron Age, ca. 2000 to 600 BCE. A collection of 3 ancient bronze spear tips, each with cylindrical socketing shafts for mounting on a wooden pole. The spear with the smallest blade head was allegedly from the border region between Iran and Afghanistan according to previous seller's COA. Size of largest: 7" L x 1.6" W (17.8 cm x 4.1 cm)
Provenance: private Everett, Massachusetts, USA collection; smallest spear acquired from BC Galleries, Armadale, Austalia in 2003; larger spears both acquired from Art Ancient, UK, in 2014; ex-Private British collection.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#183054
Condition
Chips and nicks to blades on all, and losses to socket rims on the larger 2. Heavy green patina and mineral encrustations on all.
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3 Ancient Luristan Bronze Socketed Spear Heads
$318.75
$600
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