Mounted Luristan Bronze Spear Heads (7)
$ 1,850.00
Category: Antiquities Sub Category: Ancient Near East - Iran Culture or Country: Ancient Near East. Period: Ca. 7th-5th century B.C. Size: 6-1/2” to 11-1/2”L. Description: Group of seven different large bronze spear blades, including one socket type and six with various insertion tangs, all having various leaf type double edge...
| Category: | Antiquities |
| Sub Category: | Ancient Near East - Iran |
| Culture or Country: | Ancient Near East. |
| Period: | Ca. 7th-5th century B.C. |
| Size: | 6-1/2” to 11-1/2”L. |
| Description: | Group of seven different large bronze spear blades, including one socket type and six with various insertion tangs, all having various leaf type double edge blades with a central blood ridge and an overall blue-green surface patina. All are intact, nice examples. Professionally mounted on a cloth covered backing with a custom plexiglas box frame. |
| Provenance: | NYC collection; Ex. The Bactria Corp., NYC., 1960s-1970s, to Edward H. Merrin Gallery, NYC. 1970s. |
Luristan bronzes are small cast objects decorated with bronze sculpture from the Early Iron Age which have been found in large numbers in Lorestān Province and Kermanshah in western Iran.
They include a great number of ornaments, tools, weapons, horse-fittings and a smaller number of vessels including situlae,[2] and those found in recorded excavations are generally found in burials.
The ethnicity of the people who created them remains unclear, though they may well have been Persian, possibly related to the modern Lur people who have given their name to the area.
They probably date to between about 1000 and 650 BC.[5]
