Lot Essay
Items one and five: a purchase receipt from the Arcade Gallery Ltd., Old Bond Street, London, dated 1963 accompanies these items.
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12TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
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A LURISTAN BRONZE SPIKED AXE-HEAD
12TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
With four blunt spikes projecting from the socket and splayed blade, 7½ in. (19.1 cm.) long; a Luristan copper dagger, the hollow cast hilt with rectangular panels of double and triple bosses, late 3rd millennium B.C., 9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) long; a bronze sword with triangular blade, the grip with three ribs and a crescentic pommel, late 2nd millennium B.C., 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) long; a bronze leaf-shaped blade with prominent central grooves, tang above, early 1st millennium B.C., 17.1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) long; a heavy Luristan bronze hinged armlet decorated with two human masks flanking three crescentic projections, 8th-7th Century B.C., 3½ in. (9 cm.) across; and an early Islamic bronze incense burner on tripod feet, the cylindrical body decorated with openwork arches and stars on the base, a shallow bowl above, hinged lid missing, circa 9th-11th Century A.D., 3.1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high (6)
12TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
With four blunt spikes projecting from the socket and splayed blade, 7½ in. (19.1 cm.) long; a Luristan copper dagger, the hollow cast hilt with rectangular panels of double and triple bosses, late 3rd millennium B.C., 9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) long; a bronze sword with triangular blade, the grip with three ribs and a crescentic pommel, late 2nd millennium B.C., 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) long; a bronze leaf-shaped blade with prominent central grooves, tang above, early 1st millennium B.C., 17.1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) long; a heavy Luristan bronze hinged armlet decorated with two human masks flanking three crescentic projections, 8th-7th Century B.C., 3½ in. (9 cm.) across; and an early Islamic bronze incense burner on tripod feet, the cylindrical body decorated with openwork arches and stars on the base, a shallow bowl above, hinged lid missing, circa 9th-11th Century A.D., 3.1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high (6)