I believe that good bronze fakes cannot be detected visually even by the most experienced people. For every experienced buyer there are 100 experienced fakers...
Even laboratory testing may prove to be quite difficult and yield debatable results in case of antique bronzes.
The market is practically flooded with exceptionally good fake bronze Luristan and Chinese blades.
In my opinion, the only certainty of a genuine blade is if it is known to be excavated from a known site, like most of the museum pieces are.
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