ID 1303114
Lot 27 | A PONTIC IRON SPATHA WITH A GEM-INLAID BRONZE HANDLE
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
MIGRATION PERIOD, CIRCA 450 A.D.
29 ½ in. long (74.9 cm.) long
Provenance
Private Collection, Mainz and Wiesbaden, Germany, acquired circa 1980s.
with Eurasian Art, Brussels, acquired from the above, 2005.
Ausgesuchte Historische Objekte, Auktion 51, Hermann Historica, Munich, 19 October 2006, lot 2148.
with Eurasian Art, Brussels.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XX, 2009, no. 83).
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2009.
Literature
B. Anke and H. Externbrink, eds., Attila und die Hunnen, Speyer, 2007, p. 222.
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, pp. 265, fig. 87.
Exhibited
Museum der Pfalz Speyer, Attila und die Hunnen, 17 June 2007-6 January 2008.
Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA317).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze, Iron, Semi-precious stones |
| Historical era: | Migration Period |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze, Iron, Semi-precious stones |
| Historical era: | Migration Period |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Armour |
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