Luristan short sword, 12th-10th century BC
Bronze
Length: 36.7cm
11181
£ 1,450.00
The hammered bronze sword has a blade with flattened, broad central rib, and a hilt flanged for an inlay of wood or bone. Dark green patina, the overlaps at the...
The hammered bronze sword has a blade with flattened, broad central rib, and a hilt flanged for an inlay of wood or bone. Dark green patina, the overlaps at the top of the hilt broken away, the handle's inlay now missing.
Provenance
Sir Eric Crowe, UK; acquired in Tehran whilst posted as a British diplomat between 1939-41, thence by descentLiterature
André Godard, L'Art de L'Iran (Paris, 1962), pp.74-75, fig.1048
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