Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN BRONZE DAGGER WITH HIPPOPOTAMUS

EGYPTIAN BRONZE DAGGER WITH HIPPOPOTAMUS TOOTH POMMEL - Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC A bronze dagger with a pointed blade and a midrib, inserted into the separately cast hilt with a short grip and an oval openwork hippopotamus tooth terminal, riveted in place. Size: 400mm x 60mm; Weight: 508g. Provenance: Private Collection; English art market, 2000s; collection of Michel Koenig, Belgium, 1980s - late 1990s; Ex-collection of Peter Schnell, Z?rich, 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. For similar see: I. Forstner-Muller and A. J. Serrano, A Late Middle Kingdom Dagger from Qubbet el-Hawa, fig. 5.