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LOT 1491
Western Asiatic Bronze Sword Blade
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
16 5/8 in. (224 grams, 42.2 cm).
Slender double-edged blade with raised midrib and short tang. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 40, p.36.
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