Elamite Mace Head. Early 2nd millennium B.C. A bronze mace head comprising a long cylindrical shaft with narrow flanged base, the upper section with three vertical relief panels decorated by herringbone pattern, divided and bordered by three parallel ridges, similar band with ridged horizontal grooves around the base. See Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.XIX, no.58, for a similar mace; see also Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 1, London, 2002, p.24, nos.18-19; Khorasani, M. M., 'Bronze and iron weapons from Luristan' in Antiguo Oriente: Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente, 7, 2009, fig.8. 452 grams, 24 cm (9 1/2 in.) Earlier 20th century collection. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. This gorz mace belongs to the category of truncheon-shaped mace-heads, a type of mace developed on the Iranian plateau during the Bronze Age, used by Elamite and Luristan warriors since the 3rd millennium B.C.

Fine condition.