MEDIEVAL IRON LONG SWORD

拍品描述

Ca. AD 1200. An iron long sword with a broad, double-edged blade tapering to a point, the forte with a shallow fuller. A straight crossguard of rectangular section, the tang extending beyond the guard, secured at the end by a faceted brazil nut pommel. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 07.53.2. Size: 925mm x 170mm; Weight: 790g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired in Austria in the early 2000s; formerly in 1990s Austrian collection of Peter Ing Till. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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