Mount for Spear Shaft
| Title | Mount for Spear Shaft |
|---|---|
| Date | ca. 400 4th century |
| Medium | Gilded silver inlaid with niello |
| Classification | Metalwork-Silver |
| Origin | Late Roman Late Roman |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Mount for Spear Shaft” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated ca. 400. It is executed in gilded silver inlaid with niello and classified as metalwork-silver. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Dated to ca. 400. Explore the wider set of works from the 4th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Late Roman. Browse more public-domain art from Late Roman.
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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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