{"product_id":"ancient-luristan-bronze-dagger-dirk","title":"Ancient Luristan Bronze Dagger Dirk","description":"Caspian Sea Area, Ca. 1st Millennium BC 800 BC. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBronze dagger having a long tapered blade with center raised blood ridge, tapered conical finial decorated with a wide band of incised rings. Overall blue-green surface patina.  Size: 13 inches H. + custom  tiered pedestal metal base. Provenance: Private American collection, ex. John F. Piscopo Collection, IL.   For further information and similar examples see Bronze and Iron, Anceint Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by Oscar White Muscarella. There is a large corpus of metal work excavated from the ancient Near East. Luristan artisits are perhaps the most famous as mounted nomadic warriors with fancy horsetrappings, master-of-the-animal finials, standards, tubes, cheekpieces swords and daggers. ","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67707984052538,"sku":"17448","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17448bl_dc9b4fc4-2554-4f89-8d16-ece7c3dba8aa.jpg?v=1792087119","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/ancient-luristan-bronze-dagger-dirk","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}