CIRCA 800-700 B.C.

細節

A VILLANOVAN BRONZE SCABBARD AND FRAGMENTARY IRON SWORD
CIRCA 800-700 B.C.
17 5⁄8 in. (44.7 cm.) long

來源

Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Freiburg, 1992 (Inv. no. W19).
The Art of Warfare: The Axel Guttmann Collection, Part 1, Christie's, London, 6 November 2002, lot 36 (part).
The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, Christie's, London, 28 April 2004, lot 50 (part).
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Ancient Arms, Armor, and Images of Warfare, 2004, no. 12).
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2008.

出版

M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 185, fig. 3.

展覽

Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA95).

業務規定

榮譽呈獻

Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

hsolomon@christies.com +1 212 636 2256

拍品專文

The scabbard, of elongated form tapering towards the tip, was cast and folded, with a long vertical opening on the reverse, revealing the original wood core and traces of the corroded iron blade. The obverse surface is striated along its length. The elaborate terminal is cylindrical in form with three raised bands incised with chevrons, two of which are interspersed with a broad ring. The terminal’s base is centered by a large lentoid disc with a conical knob.

This is a very fine example of a Pontecagnano type sword scabbard, which takes its name from the site of Pontecagnano in Campania, but which are found especially in southern Etruscan cities like Tarquinia and Vulci. For a related example in the British Museum, see no. 373 in A.M.B Sestieri and E. Macnamara, Prehistoric Metal Artefacts from Italy (3500-720 BC).

CIRCA 800-700 B.C.

榮譽呈獻

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