AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AND ALABASTER DAGGER
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AND ALABASTER DAGGER

MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII-XIII, 1991-1640 B.C.

细节
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AND ALABASTER DAGGER
MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII-XIII, 1991-1640 B.C.
The tapering pointed blade with a raised mid-rib, inserted into the separately-cast hilt and attached by rivets, the hilt with an arched guard tapering along the sides of the blade, the openwork pommel flaring to secure the oval openwork alabaster terminal, riveted in place, elongated lotus buds on curved stems on either side of the stone and at the center of each side
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) long
来源
Private Collection, Monterey, California, acquired in 1961.

拍品专文

For the type see no. 135, p. 185 in Berman, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Catalogue of Egyptian Art and fig. 186, p. 284 in Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, Part I.