COLLECTION OF EARLY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE AGE DAGGERS AND SPEARHEADS Ca. 1200 - 600 BC. A collection of five bronze weapons. The first is a spearhead with a short curved tang and a large blade finely cast in one piece. From the others are bronze short daggers cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) technique with small polygonal section tangs (from the second to the fourth). The double-edged blade has sharpened edges and a profile that tapers to a narrow tip. Layers of mottled green and brown patina envelop the entire weapon. For similar see: Muscarella O. W., Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, n. cat. 172. Size: 185-265mm x 35-40mm; Weight: 565g. Provenance: Private UK collection; Formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.