ID 1076545
Lot 36 | A MEROVINGIAN GOLD AND JEWEL-MOUNTED IRON SWORD
Estimate value
$ 35 000 – 45 000
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
33 7⁄8 in. (86.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Adolphe (1871-1949) and Suzanne (1874-1960) Stoclet, Brussels, acquired late 19th-early 20th century.
Art Market, London.
with Royal Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 2007 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXI, 2010, no. 112).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2009.
Literature
Catalouge of an Exhibition of Art in the Dark Ages in Europe, London, 1930, p. 47, no. 4, pl. VII, fig. F.4.
J. P. Van Goidsenhoven, ed., Collection Adolphe Stoclet, vol. 1, Brussels, 1956, p. 140, no. b.
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 265, fig. 86.
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Art in the Dark Ages in Europe, 1930
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA288).
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Historical era: | Migration Period |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Historical era: | Migration Period |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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