RARE ANCIENT IRON SWORD WITH HANDLE
300-100 BC, Iron Age. This beautiful iron sword has a tapering, bevelled blade with wide raised midrib and a recessed integral handle with lower guard that would have been inset with stone, bone or ivory inlay. Swords, spears, and arrows were important symbols of war and served as powerful reminders that authority rested in the hands of those who could earn it. Superb condition, on a custom-made stand. Size: L:500mm / W:80mm ; 394g. Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1980s.
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300-100 BC, Iron Age. This beautiful iron sword has a tapering, bevelled blade with wide raised midrib and a recessed integral handle with lower guard that would have been inset with stone, bone or ivory inlay. Swords, spears, and arrows were important symbols of war and served as powerful reminders that authority rested in the hands of those who could earn it. Superb condition, on a custom-made stand. Size: L:500mm / W:80mm ; 394g. Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1980s.
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