Bidspirit auction | ANCIENT BRONZE SWORD WITH DOUBLE

ANCIENT BRONZE SWORD WITH DOUBLE DISC POMMEL - Ca. 800 - 900 BC .The tubular hilt terminates with a double disc pommel, the triangular blade with elaborate midrib. For a similar sword with double disc pommel from North-West Iran Cf. O. White Muscarella, Bronze and Iron. Ancient Near Eastern Artefacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p.100, pl.166. See Bonhams, lot 156, May 1, 2013.Size: L:572mm / W:55mm ; 650gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.