A LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD, FIRST MILLENNIUM BC
A LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD, FIRST MILLENNIUM BC
Iran. Well cast, the flat blade issuing from a cylindrical chape and tapering to a point, the handle with two narrow rings and a domed pommel. The bronze with a rich, naturally grown patina with distinct areas of malachite and cuprite encrustations.
Provenance: From a private collection in Amagansett, New York.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, expected losses, nicks, scratches. The bronze covered in a rich, naturally grown patina with vibrant malachite encrustations.
Weight: 344 g
Dimensions: Length 40 cm
Luristan bronzes are small, decorated objects from the Early Iron Age (first millennium BC) which have been found in large numbers in Lorestan 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 and are characterized by a wide range of idiosyncratic forms and a highly stylized conception of human and animal representation. Those from recorded excavations were generally found in burials. The ethnicity of the people who created them remains unclear, though they may well have been Indo-European, possibly related to the modern Lur people who have given their name to the area. Luristan bronze objects came to the notice of the world art market from the late 1920s onwards. They were excavated in considerable quantities by local people and are found today in many of the world's most important museums.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related Luristan sword, dated 1000 BC-100 AD, 48.9 cm long, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.81.255.4.
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A LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD, FIRST MILLENNIUM BC
Iran. Well cast, the flat blade issuing from a cylindrical chape and tapering to a point, the handle with two narrow rings and a domed pommel. The bronze with a rich, naturally grown patina with distinct areas of malachite and cuprite encrustations.
Provenance: From a private collection in Amagansett, New York.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, expected losses, nicks, scratches. The bronze covered in a rich, naturally grown patina with vibrant malachite encrustations.
Weight: 344 g
Dimensions: Length 40 cm
Luristan bronzes are small, decorated objects from the Early Iron Age (first millennium BC) which have been found in large numbers in Lorestan 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 and are characterized by a wide range of idiosyncratic forms and a highly stylized conception of human and animal representation. Those from recorded excavations were generally found in burials. The ethnicity of the people who created them remains unclear, though they may well have been Indo-European, possibly related to the modern Lur people who have given their name to the area. Luristan bronze objects came to the notice of the world art market from the late 1920s onwards. They were excavated in considerable quantities by local people and are found today in many of the world's most important museums.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related Luristan sword, dated 1000 BC-100 AD, 48.9 cm long, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.81.255.4.
