Inv. n°: MMoCA95

Villanovan Bronze Scabbard with Sword

The scabbard is decorated with fine merging ribs, tapered to composite finial of a broad ring and ridged bands, the edges chased with chevrons and surmounted by a large lentoid disc.

h. 46 cm

8th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex Axel Guttmann collection, Berlin, acquired in 1992, Acquired in Freiburg
  • Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Christie's, Axel Guttmann Collection Sale, London, 6th November 2002, lot 36
  • Christie's Axel Guttmann Collection Sale, London, 28th April 2004, lot 50 (item 1)
  • Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, 22nd October 2008, CLG 122

Publications

  • J. M. Eisenberg, Arms and Armour, 1989, fig. 12
  • Christie's London, Axel Guttmann Collection, 6th November 2002, lot 36
  • Christie's London, Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, 28th April 2004, lot 50 (item 1)
  • J. M. Eisenberg, Ancient Arms, Armor, and Images of Warfare, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2004, p. 4, fig. 11
  • M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 185, fig. 3

Exhibitions

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

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