ANCIENT BRONZE SPEAR HEAD - SUPERB PATINA
1200-700 BC, Greek Archaic Period. This bronze speak has a tapering, bevelled blade with raised midrib, a V-shaped guard and a long, tapering tang for insertion into a haft. 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; beautiful patina; on a custom stand.Size: L:476mm / W:45mm ; 520g; Provenance: Property of a London gentleman, formerly with the Parthenon gallery, previously in an old English collection formed in the 1980s.
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1200-700 BC, Greek Archaic Period. This bronze speak has a tapering, bevelled blade with raised midrib, a V-shaped guard and a long, tapering tang for insertion into a haft. 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; beautiful patina; on a custom stand.Size: L:476mm / W:45mm ; 520g; Provenance: Property of a London gentleman, formerly with the Parthenon gallery, previously in an old English collection formed in the 1980s.
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