EGYPTIAN BRONZE DAGGER WITH ELABORATE POMMEL Middle Kingdom - Second Intermadiate Period, Ca. 2055 - 1640 BC An Egyptian bronze dagger with a pointed blade taapering to a tip with a raised mid-rib, inserted into the separately-cast hilt and attached by rivets. The hilt features an arched guard tapering along the sides of the blade, while the openwork pommel flares to secure the oval openwork bone terminal, riveted in place. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 40.2.7; Brooklyn Museum accession number 09.889.339. Size: 310mm x 60mm; Weight: 250g Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.