Lot Essay
Item one: cf. P. R. S. Moorey, Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1971, p. 237, nos. 450-451, for similar.
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6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C., AMLASH
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A PERSIAN SHEET BRONZE EYE IDOL OR 'MIRROR'
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C., AMLASH
The disc-shaped body with rectangular neck projection surmounted by five contiguous stemmed 'eye'-discs, the upper body decorated with double rows of punched dots and raised bosses, 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high; and four Luristan bronze spearheads, with short tangs for attachment to handles, one blade with prominent midrib, three with rivet holes, 12th-8th Century B.C., 11 7/8 in. (30.3 cm.) long max. (5)
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C., AMLASH
The disc-shaped body with rectangular neck projection surmounted by five contiguous stemmed 'eye'-discs, the upper body decorated with double rows of punched dots and raised bosses, 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high; and four Luristan bronze spearheads, with short tangs for attachment to handles, one blade with prominent midrib, three with rivet holes, 12th-8th Century B.C., 11 7/8 in. (30.3 cm.) long max. (5)
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