ANCIENT BRONZE SPEAR HEAD ON STAND

1200-800 BC, Greek Archaic Period. A bronze spearhead with a lozenge-shaped, lentoid sectioned blade, raised midrib and a short tang. 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. Good condition, on a custom-made stand. Size: L:183mm; 53g. Provenance: Private London collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK and European art market.