拍品 72
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A rare Venetian broadsword
A rare Venetian broadsword

LATE 15TH CENTURY

细节
A rare Venetian broadsword
Late 15th Century
With broad tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section ending in a sharp point and struck with a mark within the short fuller on each side of the forte, horizontally recurved iron quillons of triangular section widening slightly towards the tips, shaped rectangular iron pommel with a large raised boss on each side, and corded grip
36¼in. (92.1cm.) blade

拍品专文

This is an unusually fine example of its type, and probably came from the Venice arsenal (for use by Dalmatian troops in the service of Venice). A large number are now in the Palazzo Ducale. Cf. Claude Blair, European and American Arms, No. 52