Western Asiatic Luristan Two-Part Finial

9th-8th century BC. A pair of bronze elements from a staff or sceptre comprising: a tube with raised collars, two addorsed human masks and domed finial; a bell-shaped fitting with ribbed panel to the

Late 2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze elements for a sceptre comprising: a flat-section panel with ram-head finial; a tapering tube with ribbed collar, two addorsed human faces; a finial wit

13th-6th century BC. A bronze tubular element from a sceptre with ribbed collars, band of human masks with horse-heads(?) between, finial of two lion masks. 68 grams, 11cm (4 1/4") Private collection,

13th-6th century BC. A bronze bifacial openwork finial formed as two opposed felines with socket mouths to top and bottom, looped tails below. 98 grams, 91mm (3 3/4"). From an important private London

13th-7th century BC. A bronze finial comprising a ring with two rearing ibexes facing each other, their forelegs conjoined into a second ring, horns recurved with knop detailing. 50 grams, 87mm (3 1/2

2nd millennium BC. A bronze pendant formed as a labrys two-bladed axehead with three bands to each face connecting to the columnar shank with pierced arrow-head finial; old collector's acquisition lab

9th-8th century BC. A pair of bronze elements from a staff or sceptre comprising: a tube with open sides and notched wings; a bell-shaped fitting with ribbed panel to the rim, shaft with ribbed collar

13th-6th century BC. A hollow-cast bronze tapering socket with folded leg detail to the underside, short curved neck, triangular head with pellet eyes, triangular beard and recurved horns attached to

13th-6th century BC. A bronze whetstone finial in the form of a leaping ibex with tubular body, forelegs drawn up beneath the shoulders, arched neck, curved horns with lobes to the outer faces; mounte

12th-7th century BC. A two-part annular bracelet comprising a sheet-gold tube over a core; on the longer, female section, the open rim strengthened and decorated with a guilloche in filigree gold wire

13th-6th century BC. A bronze dagger or dirk with parallel-sided blade, broad midrib, lower guard with flange shoulders and grip, T-shaped finial. See Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran. The Br

2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with leaf-shaped blade with central ridge, socket with small rim to top and bottom; to the side small figures of two men wrestling. 187 grams, 16cm (6 1/4") Pro

2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze dress pins, two with openwork discoid head, one an openwork square, one an openwork zoomorph. 175 grams total, 8.5-13.5cm (3 1/4 - 5 1/4"). Property of a Nor

2nd millennium BC. A bronze sword blade with leaf-shaped blade and median rib, facetted tang with two attachment holes, remains of linear decoration. 564 grams, 51.5cm (20 1/4"). From a private Austri

13th-6th century BC. A large bronze flange-hilted dagger with slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade, hollow grip with socket to each face to accept an insert and lateral flanges to retain it. Cf. Khoras

13th-6th century BC. A group of bronze two-edged dagger blades and a spearhead. 239 grams, 17-21cm (6 3/4 - 8 1/4"). From the property of a London gentleman; formerly in a UK collection, acquired in t

2nd millennium BC. A bronze tubular macehead with ribbed sockets, two median bands of projecting lugs. 167 grams, 62mm (2 1/2"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1990s.

13th-6th century BC. A mixed bronze arrowhead group comprising: two triangular with curved spurs to the rear; two tongue-shaped; one leaf-shaped with midrib. 132 grams total, 13-15.5cm (5 - 6"). Prope

13th-6th century BC. A bronze short sword with cylindrical hilt and triangular blade and tip; the hilt hollow with holes for the retaining pin for the organic finial; the blade with thick medial rib.

13th-6th century BC. A short bronze flange-hilted dagger with waisted leaf-shaped two-edged blade, hollow grip with socket to each face to accept an insert and lateral flanges to retain it. Cf. Khoras

13th-6th century BC. A mixed group of large tanged bronze arrowheads comprising two leaf-shaped, two triangular with lateral spurs, one heater-shaped. 122 grams total, 10-15.5cm (4 - 6"). Property of

8th century BC. A bronze dress pin with segmented finial surmounted by an ibex modelled in the round. 12.5 grams, 13cm (5"). Ex North London gentleman; formerly with Pars Antiques, London W1, in the 1

2nd millennium BC. A bronze pin with tapering round-section shank, ribbed detailing, bulbous collar and conical finial. 58 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a Guernsey collector; acquired in the UK in

Ca. 1200-550 BC A finely modelled ancient Luristan cast bronze pin, featuring a needle-shaped body terminating in a griffin-shaped finial. The animal is modelled in a stylised manner with emphasised f