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LOT 0345
Bronze Age Knife with Looped Pommel
CIRCA 800-100 B.C.
8 1/2 in. (49.1 grams, 21.5 cm).
Comprising a flat, gently curving single-edged blade with pointillé decoration to the upper edge, the flat ridge with hatched panels extending to the integral openwork handle, a loop to the end, the handle recessed to accept organic inserts.
Provenance
Numisart collection, Munich, Germany, circa 1995.
Acquired in the 2000s.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page.
Footnotes
The knife is reminiscent of the late Bronze Age- early Iron Age sickle blades, which developed in the falcata blade, a type of short sword used by the Celts in the Iberian peninsula. A falcata was a single-edged blade with an inward curve, allowing both momentum and thrust when used.
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LOT 0345
Bronze Age Knife with Looped Pommel
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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