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Lot Description

A Luristan Bronze Sword

Circa Early 1st Millennium B.C.

Height 22 inches (55.4 cm).

Property from a New Jersey Private Collection

Provenance:
Art Market, London.
David Kennedy Collection, late 1980s.
Private Collection (Green), York, England.
Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, Ancient Asian Ethnographic Winter Variety, 10 January 2019, Lot 59A.

Condition Report

The blade (re-?)attached to the hilt, with some fill. It is impossible to say if two sections are original to each other. Remnants of an old paper label along the pommel. Surface wear and oxidation to the surface throughout, with malachite green inclusions. The hilt oxidizing slightly differently than the blade, indicating a slightly different alloy.

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