LOT 1428 Marlik Arrowhead
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12th-10th century BC. A large bronze elongated triangular arrowhead with rounded or angular raised midrib, sharp central groove, cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft, barbed shoulders and convex sides. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figures 376, 379 and catalogue 467, for type. 30.8 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a London gallery; previously with a North London gallery; acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. The arrowhead seems to belong to the type V, subcategory type C, according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders. [No Reserve] Condition Report Fine condition.
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