1200-700 BC, Greek Archaic Period. This beautiful bronze dagger has a leaf-shaped, bevelled blade with a prominent midrib, and a tang for insertion into a wooden haft. Bronze weaponry production flourished in western Asia, the Aegean, and Mainland Greece from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC, when it was gradually replaced by iron. Daggers, swords, spears, and arrows were important symbols of war in Greek Bronze Age societies and served as powerful reminders that authority rested in the hands of those who could earn it. Superb condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand.Size: L:382mm / W:65mm ; 300g; Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1970s.