Bidspirit auction | ETRUSCAN 'BATILLUM' WITH LION-SHAPED HANDLE

ETRUSCAN 'BATILLUM' WITH LION-SHAPED HANDLE - Ca. 500 - 300 BC. A cast bronze batillum with a rectangular blade bordered by lateral flanges and bands of stamped ornament. The long handle is encircled by evenly spaced ribs and terminates in a lion protome with incised mane, open mouth and extended forelegs. For similar lion see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2021.40.44, 00.13.6. Size: 240mm x 60mm; Weight: 410g Provenance: From a private UK collection; earlier purchased on the London art market in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation