AN BRONZE DAGGER BLADE, SHANGChina, 1600 to 1100 B.C. The short bronze blade crisply cast as a pointed blade issuing from a rectangular shaft and pierced for attachment to a shaft at two points, the center of the blade with a circular opening. The shaft and upper part of the blade finely incised with stylized figural motifs. With a fitted silk box and collector's paper label.Condition: Very good condition commensurate with age, extensive old wear, few small nicks to edges. Covered overall in a fine malachite patina with faint areas of cuprite.Provenance: German private collection. Weight: 218 g Dimensions: Length 21.5 cm