CIRCA MID-1ST CENTURY B.C.

細節

A CELTIC SILVER FRAGMENTARY SCABBARD
CIRCA MID-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Made of sheet metal with applied sections of opus-interrasile (cut-away) decoration comprising wheels and running arches, mounted
27½ in. (70 cm.) long

來源

Acquired in 1996, Munich gallery.

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

The above scabbard appears to have crease marks where it may have been ritually folded as part of a votive deposit. Cf. V. Kruta et al. (eds.), The Celts, Venice, 1991, pp. 364-365 for bent swords and scabbards from a Celtic sanctuary at Gournay-sur-Aronde in France.
Also see V. Kruta op. cit., p. 567 for a detail of a scabbard top of similar shape. "The scabbard gave the craftsman a means of expressing great technical virtuosity ... The top of the sheath is always decorated, sometimes with cut sheet metal, sometimes with designs engraved with a burin, or by embossing or knurling."

For a similar scabbard with this type of opus-interrasile work in the Trier Museum, cf. Trier: Augustusstadt der Treverer, Mainz, 1984, pp. 93, pl. 4 and p. 289, no. 147.1, dated to 20 B.C.