GREEK PERIOD BRONZE SWORD WITH DISC POMMEL. Ca. 1200 - 900 BC. A bronze sword featuring a long, triangular blade with central blood grooves. The round-section hilt comprises a broad flaring discoid pommel, a short bar grip, and a smaller forward disc above. The blade rises from a rectangular forte with rounded flanges. For similar see: R. Matthews, H. F. Nashli, The Archaeology of Iran: from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire, fig. 11.68. Size: 525mm x 70mm; Weight: 725g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in F. Piket collection, Netherlands, formed in the 1970s to the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.