LONG ROMAN IRON SPATHA WITH BONE HANDLE

拍品描述

Ca. AD 300 - 450. An iron spatha with a long, narrow blade of lenticular section tapering to a pointed tip. The hilt fitted with a bone grip, turned with shallow mouldings, above a rounded guard and below an ovoid pommel. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1851,0806.2. Size: 795mm x 60mm; Weight: 745g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in M. Ebnother collection, Switzerland,1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

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