ANCIENT BRONZE SPEAR
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Luristan, Ca. 900-700 BC A beautiful cast bronze sword with a tapering, bevelled blade with a raised midrib and an integral handle comprised of a crescent-shaped guard, a long cylindrical grip with two ribs, and finished with a disc pommel. Bronze weaponry production flourished in western Asia, the Aegean, and Mainland Greece from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC, when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, spears, and arrows were important symbols of war in Greek Bronze Age societies and served as powerful reminders that authority rested in the hands of those who could earn it.Size: L:530mm / W:53mm ; 500gProvenance: From the private collection of a Central London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market formed in the 1980s.
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ANCIENT BRONZE SPEAR
Estimate £750 - £1,500
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