A MEROVINGIAN GOLD AND JEWEL-MOUNTED IRON SWORD

Lot 36
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Lot 36 | A MEROVINGIAN GOLD AND JEWEL-MOUNTED IRON SWORD
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A MEROVINGIAN GOLD AND JEWEL-MOUNTED IRON SWORD

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).
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