COLLECTION OF EARLY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC DAGGERS Ca. 1200 - 600 BC. A collection of three bronze daggers. The first is a bronze short dagger cast using the lost wax (cire perdue) technique. Its tubular handle is reinforced with three slender ringlets beneath the lunate pommel, and a narrow handguard rests atop the blade shoulder. The double-edged blade has sharpened edges and a profile that tapers to a narrow tip. The second dagger features a flanged hilt and a finely cast blade in one piece. The tapering double-edged blade is complemented by a shaped hilt with an elliptical pommel, hollowed on each face to accommodate a pair of grip scales. The third dagger has double sharpened edges and a prominent polygonal-section midrib. Layers of mottled green and brown patina cover 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. 302, 392; Christie's, Live Auction 21841, Antiquities, 17 October 2023, Lot 78. Size: 285-440mm x 40-90mm; Weight: 770g. Provenance: Private UK collection; Formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.