Bidspirit auction | ERALY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC

ERALY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE SWORD - Ca. 1100 - 900 BC.A moulded bronze dagger with a short, tapering blade, a prominent midrib and a guard. The hilt is characterised by a flong tang that would fix to a wooden or bone handle. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 9482, The Art of Warfare, The Axel Guttmann Collection Part I, Lot 24, 14.Size: 480mm x 55mm; Weight: 765gProvenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s.