ANCIENT BRONZE SWORD ON STAND

1200-800 BC, Greek Archaic Period. A tanged bronze sword comprising a leaf-shaped blade with a raised midrib, and a beautiful green patina. 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. Superb condition. Size: L:295mm / W:65mm ; 200g. Provenance: Property of a North London professional; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1990s;