COLLECTION OF FIVE BRONZE AGE BLADES

Ca. 1200 - 800 BC. A collection of five cast bronze blades, including, from left to right: a slender lanceolate blade with a low median rib and short pierced tang; an elongated leaf-shaped example with a pronounced central rib and pierced tang; a long tapering blade with a flat rectangular tang pierced near its end; a narrow triangular blade with a strong median rib, two rivet holes at the shoulders and a short tang; and a slender leaf-shaped blade with a central rib and pierced tang. Size: 200-290mm x 30-30mm; Weight: 430g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in Austrian private collection 1980s-early 1990s