Lot 124
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ANCIENT CELTIBERIAN GLADIUS SWORD WITH TRISKELE
IBERIA, LATE 2ND - 1ST CENTURY B.C.
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History | 663
Auction: 24 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
Description
piled iron, elegant fish-shaped blade with a square shoulder and flat-section tang, incised triskele motif to the handle end of the blade on one face, with each arm terminating in a birds head
Dimensions
63cm long
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, London, United Kingdom, acquired 1900s, accompanied by a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Atchaeology and the History of Art, Univeristy of Oxford.