Three bronze fragments of weapons

Estimated Value:

1.000 € - 1.500 €

Result:

2.201 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Middle East
L. 8 - 20 cm
A head of a bronze axe, with figurative decoration in relief in the area of the mounting nodus. The end of the blade decorated with a plastically moulded, bearded Janus head; a handle of a bronze dagger with crescent-shaped grip scales; fastening element of a bronze axe; a link between axe handle and blade. The outer ridge decorated with a stylised animal figure. Missing elements on two of the artefacts supplemented in perspex.
From the collection of art dealer and collector Saeed Motamed (1925-2013), collected since the 1950s, largely documented in a 1998 inventory with drawings and Persian descriptions. Partially documented in exhibition catalogs since the 1970s, see inventory under nos. 658, p. 54, No. 673, p. 65 - Metal encrustations

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