EGYPTIAN BRONZE AND WOOD SHORT DAGGER

拍品描述

Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC. A bronze dagger with a long tapering blade cast with a central rib and converging edges to a pointed tip. The shoulders broaden to a crescentic guard, the grip enclosed by wooden panels. The hilt terminates in a rounded pommel with two openings. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA65263. Size: 300mm x 50mm; Weight: 230g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex Private Swiss collection, 1980s-2000s; Ex Elsa Bloch-Diener, Switzerland, 1988; Previously in the collection of Jean-Loup Despras, France, 1978. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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