Ca. 600 BC. Koban culture. A beautiful bronze sword-shaped pendant with interlaced decoration; circular loop in the sword's hilt; fully wearable condition. The Koban culture was a tribal culture in the Central Caucasus during the transitional period from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age which produced high levels of applied art. Koban findings confirm that the Koban culture was in constant communication and exchange not only with Caucasian neighbours, but also with the tribes of the Crimea, the Northern Black Sea, Asia Minor, and especially with other important centres of bronze metallurgy - Luristan (Western Iran) and the Carpathian-Danube area (Austria, Bohemia, Bavaria). Size: L:100mm / W:23mm ; 28g. Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990s on the UK and European art market.