COLLECTION OF EARLY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC DAGGERS AND A SPEARHEAD. Ca. 1200 - 600 BC. A collection of three bronze weapons. The first is a bronze short dagger cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) technique with a small polygonal section tang. The double-edged blade has sharpened edges and a profile that tapers to a narrow tip. The second is a dagger with a short tang and a large blade finely cast in one piece. The third is a spearhead with double sharpened edges and a short curved tang. 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. 392. Size: 280-330mm x 40-60mm; Weight: 680g. Provenance: Private UK collection; Formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.