11th-7th century BC. A multipiece bronze two-edged sword with a wing-shaped hilt, composed of a winged pommel, a hilt with two discoid elements and a half-pyramidal guard, the contemporary later added bronze blade with a broad, flat midrib marked by three parallel grooves tapering to the point; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. See Stöcklein, H., 'Arms and Armour' in Upham, P., Ackerman, P., A survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, Volume VIB, Metalwork and Minor Arts, Ashiya, 1964, pp.2555-2585, p.2570, for weapons with a similar wing-shaped handle; Ghirsman, R., The Art of Ancient Iran from its Origins to the time of Alexander the Great, New York, 1964; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.384, cat.19. 1.2 kg total, 50.2cm including stand (10 3/4"). Previously in the collection of a respected gentleman. A certain number of Luristan daggers and swords have bronze or iron blades with cast-on bronze hilts. The typology of winged pommel bronze grip is visible on examples in the British Museum and National Museum of Iran. Moorey suggests that starting around 1000 BC, bronze hilts begin to be cast onto to iron blades, faithfully copying in iron the standard types of bronze daggers. Condition Report Fine condition.