COLLECTION OF EARLY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC DAGGERS AND A SPEARHEAD Ca. 1200 - 600 BC. A collection of three bronze weapons. The first item is a short dagger, crafted using the lost wax (cire perdue) technique. It features a polygonal tang and a double-edged blade with sharpened edges that taper to a narrow tip. The second weapon is a spearhead with a long, curved tang and a blade finely cast in one piece. Its tapering blade is also double-edged. The third item is another dagger, which has sharpened edges on both sides. All three weapons are adorned with layers of mottled green and brown patina. For similar see: Muscarella O. W., Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, n. cat. 392. Size: 285-380mm x 40-50mm; Weight: 780g. Provenance: Private UK collection; Formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.