ANCIENT GREEK BRONZE SPEARS (3)

1200 – 800 BC, Greek Archaic Period. Lot of three bronze spearheads; 1) spearhead with a leaf-shaped, lentoid-section blade with a raised midrib and short tang. 2) spearhead with triangular-shaped, lentoid-section blade with raised midrib, medium neck and tang; 3) spearhead with triangular-shaped, lentoid-section blade with raised midrib, short neck and tang. From west Asia to Mainland Greece, bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. Good condition. Size: 56g. Provenance: Private London collection, formed since the 1980s on the UK and European art market.