EARLY GREEK / BRONZE AGE BRONZE DAGGER Ca. 900 BC. A bronze dagger or short sword with a slender, tapering leaf-shaped blade and a central rib flanked by a pair of parallel fullers. The blade tapers to a sharp point at one end, while the opposite end finishes in softly rounded shoulders transitioning into a short tang. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 9482, The Art of Warfare, The Axel Guttmann Collection, Part I, Lot 31. Size: 450mm x 65mm; Weight: 440g Provenance: Private UK collection, H.G.; previously with a London gallery; formerly acquired in 1999 from a London antiquities dealer.