Description:

East Asia, Korea, Bronze Age, ca. 900 to 300 BCE. A fascinating, rare example of a polished stone dagger, one of the diagnostic weapons of the Korean Bronze Age. It features a short, tapered blade, sharp on both edges, with a broad midrib. Halfway up the length of the weapon, the wide, two-tiered hilt flares outward, divided by a shallow, horizontal channel. The upper part is wide, with a flat, ovoid terminal. Daggers like these have been found in dolmens and stone coffin tombs throughout the Korean Peninsula, with very few found in China and Japan - demonstrating the distinctive culture of Korea even at this early stage. Size: 2.1" W x 6.05" H (5.3 cm x 15.4 cm)

See a similar Bronze Age dagger at the National Museum of Korea (Sinsu 11862).

Provenance: Estate of William Stockton, Colorado, USA; acquired between July 20, 1966 and January 7, 1974 while Mr. Stockton was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. During this period he traveled primarily to Korea, but also to Japan, Vietnam, and other countries in Southeast Asia.

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  • Condition: Small chips from edges and one from the hilt, but overall in really nice condition with great preservation of form. Light scratching and deposits commensurate with age.

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