ARCHAIC GREEK BRONZE HOPLITE DAGGER

Ca. 1200 - 800 BC An archaic Greek bronze dagger consisting of a long slender triangular blade with a large curved base that tapers to a sharp point with large mid-rib adorned with parallel lines; short tang connected to the handle and the pommel is normally moulded separately. For similar, see Christie's, Live Auction 9482, The Art of Warfare, The Axel Guttmann collection part I, Lot. 14.
Size: 425mm x 45mm; Weight: 255g
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s.

200
Estimate: GBP 300 - 600