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118 A GROUP OF TEN BRONZE AND IRON SPEARHEADS AND AN ARROWHEAD, LATE BRONZE AGE-IRON AGE AND ROMAN, 1000BC-500AD in excavated condition, the two bronze items comprising a leaf-shaped Greek or Northern European spearhead, and an arrowhead, probably Eastern Mediterranean, and nine iron spear points of various shapes and sizes, Greek or Roman, the first with leaf-shaped blade, broken in two, the second with faceted hollow blade, the third with diamond shaped blade, the fourth with large leaf shaped blade, severely corroded, the fifth tapered and ridged, in fragmentary condition, the sixth and seventh with long and short leaf-shaped blades respectively, the eight with faceted tapered blade, the last small diamond-shaped blade the first: 13.5cm; 5 3/8in (11)
119 A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF SIX BRONZE AND IRON IMPLEMENTS, FIRST MILLENIUM BC AND LATER comprising an iron sickle blade, Europe, 16th century or earlier, of crescent shaped form with integral ring socket, a Roman bronze strigil, 1st-2nd century AD, an Indian bronze elephant goad blade (ankus), probably 15th/16th century, a bronze tool, with flared chisel blades at either end, possibly Roman, and two serpentine knife blades, one iron, the other bronze, probably Iberia, 1st millennium BC 45cm; 17 3/4in and smaller (6)
Provenance Bronze and iron spearheads: Sumner Healey, New York, 30th April 1929 Arrowhead: Azeez Khayat, New York, 5th June 1928 JWHA Inv. Nos. 238.42, 561, 238.61, 238.75, 238.63, 238.66, 238.67, 238.70, 238.71, 238.73, 238.74 ‡ £150-250
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Provenance The fourth: Comtesse de Broussiere, until circa 1913, said to have been found by her father Julian Greau, in the Rhone Valley towards the end of 19th century, Karl Freund (Anderson Galleries), 16th May 1928 The last: Note on the old file card states: “Purchased from the store room of the Egyptian collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, September 1, 1958, by Richard C. Higgins and present [sic] to JWHA. their gift catalogue number, 219”. A later record states that no records have been found at the Metropolitan Museum to verify this statement. JWHA Inv. Nos. 238.25, 238.14, 299, 553, 3154, 285 ‡ £250-350