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3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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FIVE NORTH-WEST PERSIAN BRONZE DAGGER BLADES AND A SHORT SWORD
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Including a dagger with short leaf-shaped blade with incised central grooves, the hilt decorated in relief with dots and curved lines; two daggers with square-sectioned tangs bent at the tips; a short sword with ribbed hilt, flanged to take inlay, with bindings remaining, 9¾ to 21 in. (24.7 to 53.3 cm.) long; and a Central African Songye axe, with copper-covered shaft, the flared iron blade composed of twisted elements with three incised masks to each side, late 19th/early 20th Century A.D., 14 in. (25.5 cm.) long (7)
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Including a dagger with short leaf-shaped blade with incised central grooves, the hilt decorated in relief with dots and curved lines; two daggers with square-sectioned tangs bent at the tips; a short sword with ribbed hilt, flanged to take inlay, with bindings remaining, 9¾ to 21 in. (24.7 to 53.3 cm.) long; and a Central African Songye axe, with copper-covered shaft, the flared iron blade composed of twisted elements with three incised masks to each side, late 19th/early 20th Century A.D., 14 in. (25.5 cm.) long (7)
Provenance
Property from a Princely collection, acquired in the 1960s (see lot 115 onwards).
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