Inv. n°: MMoCA539

Greek Bronze Spear Butt or 'Sauroter'

Of fine style with decorative embellishments around the socket. The sauroter is thickly cast terminating in a solid point. The four sides are carefully dawn out to form the sharp edges.

h. 27.5 cm

c. 4th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

  • Former in the collection of Dr. Cornelius Vermuele III (curator of Classical Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1957 to 1996)
  • Northeast Auction, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 2010, lot 375
  • Acquired at Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Ltd, New York, 20th April 2010, lot 4179

Publications

  • Northeast Auction, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 2010, lot 375
  • M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 197, fig. 41

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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