The mounting of this piece is interesting to me. It is kinda hard to tell, but it looks as if there is a needless long point at the tip of the blade, which has been inserted into some kind of acrylic piece to hold it upright. I wonder if that was added for display purposes (which in a way seems like irreparably harming the artifact), or if the original intended shape is just odd.
Display purposes, probably. I hope they know how to do such things without harming the artifacts, but unfortunately, not all pieces of antiquity are given the care and expertise they deserve, so I couldn’t guarantee anything about this piece, which I believe is part of a private collection.
The picture is too low res to tell for sure, but I believe what you are actually seeing is a rod that comes out of the base, runs behind the sword, and has a cradle at the top to hold the sword just under the guard (the two shiny bits of metal).
The mounting of this piece is interesting to me. It is kinda hard to tell, but it looks as if there is a needless long point at the tip of the blade, which has been inserted into some kind of acrylic piece to hold it upright. I wonder if that was added for display purposes (which in a way seems like irreparably harming the artifact), or if the original intended shape is just odd.
Display purposes, probably. I hope they know how to do such things without harming the artifacts, but unfortunately, not all pieces of antiquity are given the care and expertise they deserve, so I couldn’t guarantee anything about this piece, which I believe is part of a private collection.
The picture is too low res to tell for sure, but I believe what you are actually seeing is a rod that comes out of the base, runs behind the sword, and has a cradle at the top to hold the sword just under the guard (the two shiny bits of metal).