The May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8LT, United Kingdom
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LOT 2343:
Western Asiatic Luristan Dagger with Crescents
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Start price:
£
162
Estimated price :
$180 - $240
Buyer's Premium: 30%
VAT: 8.875%
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Western Asiatic Luristan Dagger with Crescents
1st millennium BC
A triangular-bladed dagger with rounded shoulders and lentoid-section blade; the hilt with lateral flanges to accept an organic inset grip to both faces and an elliptical pommel flange, crescentic guard flanking the midrib. 301 grams, 34.5cm (13 1/2"). Fine condition.
Provenance
Property of an Essex gentleman; formerly in an English collection formed in the 1980s.
Literature
Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, item 42.
