RARE BRONZE AGE DAGGER WITH OPENWORK HANDLE

Ca. 1200 - 800 BC. A bronze dagger with a long fullered blade narrowing to a sharp point. The hilt is cast with an openwork grip pierced with two rows of rectangular openings and an upper row of circular perforations, and terminates in a wooden pommel of rounded outline. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 66.31.2. Size: 340mm x 40mm; Weight: 185g Provenance: From a private UK collection; previously part of the R.A. collection, assembled since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Estimate:£800

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