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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD HILT
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
Details
A LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD HILT
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Provenance
David David-Weill (1871-1952), Paris, 1931 (Inv. no. 212).
Collection D. David-Weill, Bronzes Antiques des steppes et de l'Iran, Ader Picard Tajan, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28-29 June 1972, lot 145.
Private Collection, Paris and Geneva, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owner.
Collection D. David-Weill, Bronzes Antiques des steppes et de l'Iran, Ader Picard Tajan, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28-29 June 1972, lot 145.
Private Collection, Paris and Geneva, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
A.U. Pope, ed., A Survey of Persian Art: from Prehistoric Times to the Present, vol. IV, Oxford, 1939, pl. 54-b.
P. Amiet, Les Antiquités du Luristan, Collection David-Weill, Paris, 1976, no. 45.
P. Amiet, Les Antiquités du Luristan, Collection David-Weill, Paris, 1976, no. 45.
Further details
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