RARE ANCIENT GREEK "TROJAN" SWORD BLADE

1200 – 800 BC, Greek Archaic. An ancient Greek era cast "Trojan" Bronze Age sword blade with a narrow, triangular blade; raised midrib; with sharp projecting lateral flanges and round-section tang with pointed finial. 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 contexts. Superb condition. Size: L:395mm; 254g. Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1980s.